Socialist Health Association Scotland

The SHA was founded in 1930 to campaign for a National Health Service.
SHA Scotland is a campaigning organisation which promotes health and well-being and the eradication of inequalities through the application of socialist principles to society and government.
We believe that these objectives can best be achieved through collective rather than individual action. We campaign for an integrated healthcare system which reduces inequalities in health and is accountable to the communities it serves.

News
The Future of Social Care in the Devolved Nations. A joint SHA Scotland/Wales event on 1 February 2021.

The latest edition of our Healthier Scotland newsletter.

Our blog on changes in mortality rates and how power structures can inform action.

Our new paper on the reform of social care in Scotland can be viewed here. Dave Watson set out the key issues at Labour Connected in September.

How public health measures can help build stronger communities is covered in a new Reid Foundation paper by SHA Secretary Dave Watson.

Our secretary has contributed to a further Reid Foundation paper on reconstructing Scotland after the pandemic. He covers the establishment of a Scottish Care Service.

Our Blog covers - Reconstructing Scotland after the Crisis. A Reid Foundation paper with a contribution on health and social care from SHA Scotland.

Two new ScotGov reports highlight the problems facing social care in Scotland.

Our submission to the Scottish Labour First Stage policy consultation.

Our 2019 Scottish Labour Party conference motion on health inequalities.

Our Secretary's blog on two reports that show that the increase in life expectancy in Scotland has now stalled and that health inequalities have worsened.

You can read our publication 'Reducing Health Inequalities Locally' here.