About the Socialist Health Association Scotland
The SHA was founded in 1930 to campaign for a National Health Service. We are a socialist organisation that is affiliated to and actively supports the Scottish Labour Party. However, we do not require our members to join the Labour Party.
SHA Scotland is committed to a broad public health approach to health policy. Other key principles include:
SHA SCOTLAND Officers
Chair: Professor David Conway
Vice-Chair: Hazel Brodie
Secretary: Dave Watson
Treasurer: Bob Thomson
To join the SHA
SHA Scotland is an autonomous part of the UK Socialist Health Association and membership covers both organisations.
Membership of the SHA provides:
Members can sign-up or update their mailing preferences here.
The SHA was founded in 1930 to campaign for a National Health Service. We are a socialist organisation that is affiliated to and actively supports the Scottish Labour Party. However, we do not require our members to join the Labour Party.
SHA Scotland is committed to a broad public health approach to health policy. Other key principles include:
- Treatment provided according to need and free at the time of delivery.
- Democratic accountability at all levels
- Users of health care should be the focus of the service, not as ‘customers’ but as partners in care
- Health care services should be provided by high quality, directly employed staff
- Effective collaboration between health and social care
- The capacity to deliver an effective service
- Celebrate diversity and ensure equal access to health care.
SHA SCOTLAND Officers
Chair: Professor David Conway
Vice-Chair: Hazel Brodie
Secretary: Dave Watson
Treasurer: Bob Thomson
To join the SHA
SHA Scotland is an autonomous part of the UK Socialist Health Association and membership covers both organisations.
Membership of the SHA provides:
- Free entrance to SHA Scotland meetings
- Reduced fees for our conferences
- Subscription to the SHA Journal Socialism & Health
- Voting rights as a member of a Socialist Society affiliated to the Labour Party
- Opportunities to contribute to the development of health policies
- £10 for individuals with low income
- £25 for Individuals or £24 if you pay by Standing Order
- £25 for Local Organisations
- E-Mailing: [email protected]
- UK SHA website www.sochealth.co.uk/
Members can sign-up or update their mailing preferences here.
PRIVACY POLICY
IP addresses and other log file data
SHA Scotland does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user's IP Address or the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. (If you are connected to the Internet you have an IP address, for example an IP address might read "154.198.99.9"). We also use IP addresses in the aggregate to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of the site.
Data collection and use
You may be asked for personal information if you complete one of the forms on this site, or if you fill out a form or leaflet at one of our events. We may also collect personal information when you interact with us on social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter.
In each case, we will only use the information about you for the purpose for which you provide it. Personal information you submit is stored on secure servers. Occasionally, in order to complete your request as outlined above, we may need to transfer personal information you submit to us to countries or jurisdictions outside the EEA. In each case, we ensure that our suppliers provide adequate protection for the rights of data individuals in connection the transfer of their personal data.
We will never sell or share your personal information with other organisations for their direct marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
You may remove or change your details at any time. You have right of access to your personal information held on our files by written request to the address below.
We collect data about the activity of visitors to many of our websites. This data is not used to identify you personally but it gives us aggregate level information on user activity that helps us improve the functionality and experience of the website. The data that is collected may include the date and time you visit the website, information on your location inferred from your IP address, and the content you view. Click here to find out more about Google Analytics and how it collects and processes data. If you want to opt-out of Google Analytics and prevent your website visit data from being used by us, then you can click here to install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Site registration and email service
When you register onto the site or subscribe to our emails, we ask you for contact information (such as your name and e-mail address), geographic information (such as your postcode), and other details about you and your interests. This is used to help us provide you with information to match your interests. We may also use it to alert you of campaigns you may be interested in and events happening in your are
Cookie
A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer. We may use cookies – including analytics cookies provided by companies such as Google – in order to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. However, we will only access the information that we stored in your cookie file. We will not access any information stored in a cookie placed by other websites. Our cookies do not contain personally identifiable information, other than your IP address, which itself is only very rarely enough to identify you as an individual.
Links to other sites
Our site contains links to other sites and servers. SHA Scotland is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
How we protect your information
Our website has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment.
Choice/unsubscribe
We provide you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us easily and promptly.
Correcting your information
If you need to correct any of the information you provided us with when you subscribed to our e-mail list, you can do so by emailing [email protected] or by clicking the hyperlink in the footnote of any email we have sent to you.
Contacting us about privacy
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this website, please contact us by emailing [email protected]
We can be contacted at the following address. You can also send data protection requests at the address below:
SHA Scotland
14 West Campbell St
Glasgow
G2 6RX
We will continue to evaluate our efforts to protect your information and will update our privacy policy whenever necessary.
IP addresses and other log file data
SHA Scotland does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user's IP Address or the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. (If you are connected to the Internet you have an IP address, for example an IP address might read "154.198.99.9"). We also use IP addresses in the aggregate to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of the site.
Data collection and use
You may be asked for personal information if you complete one of the forms on this site, or if you fill out a form or leaflet at one of our events. We may also collect personal information when you interact with us on social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter.
In each case, we will only use the information about you for the purpose for which you provide it. Personal information you submit is stored on secure servers. Occasionally, in order to complete your request as outlined above, we may need to transfer personal information you submit to us to countries or jurisdictions outside the EEA. In each case, we ensure that our suppliers provide adequate protection for the rights of data individuals in connection the transfer of their personal data.
We will never sell or share your personal information with other organisations for their direct marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
You may remove or change your details at any time. You have right of access to your personal information held on our files by written request to the address below.
We collect data about the activity of visitors to many of our websites. This data is not used to identify you personally but it gives us aggregate level information on user activity that helps us improve the functionality and experience of the website. The data that is collected may include the date and time you visit the website, information on your location inferred from your IP address, and the content you view. Click here to find out more about Google Analytics and how it collects and processes data. If you want to opt-out of Google Analytics and prevent your website visit data from being used by us, then you can click here to install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Site registration and email service
When you register onto the site or subscribe to our emails, we ask you for contact information (such as your name and e-mail address), geographic information (such as your postcode), and other details about you and your interests. This is used to help us provide you with information to match your interests. We may also use it to alert you of campaigns you may be interested in and events happening in your are
Cookie
A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer. We may use cookies – including analytics cookies provided by companies such as Google – in order to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. However, we will only access the information that we stored in your cookie file. We will not access any information stored in a cookie placed by other websites. Our cookies do not contain personally identifiable information, other than your IP address, which itself is only very rarely enough to identify you as an individual.
Links to other sites
Our site contains links to other sites and servers. SHA Scotland is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
How we protect your information
Our website has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment.
Choice/unsubscribe
We provide you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us easily and promptly.
Correcting your information
If you need to correct any of the information you provided us with when you subscribed to our e-mail list, you can do so by emailing [email protected] or by clicking the hyperlink in the footnote of any email we have sent to you.
Contacting us about privacy
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this website, please contact us by emailing [email protected]
We can be contacted at the following address. You can also send data protection requests at the address below:
SHA Scotland
14 West Campbell St
Glasgow
G2 6RX
We will continue to evaluate our efforts to protect your information and will update our privacy policy whenever necessary.