Community Health Exchange

CHEX is short for Community Health Exchange. We promote and support community-led health - where local communities identify the issues that are important to them and organise to take collective action to address these issues and improve their health.

If you are a local group or organisation in Scotland working to improve the health of your community, or if you are in the statutory sector supporting this type of work, you can register with us for information, advice, networking and training opportunities.

Find out more about CHEX and our network of local community-led health organisations by selecting from the buttons below, or for more about what we do, use the menu on the left.

 

 

Response to Mental Health Strategy for Scotland consultation        

CHEX is currently preparing its response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland.  The Strategy brings together mental health improvement work together with services related to mental ill health.  The full document including the consultation questions and response form (available in Word format) can be downloaded from http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/09/01163037/0

CHEX has prepared a response to specific questions and we would very welcome your comments/additions to these responses.   We are keen that it reflects the view of community-led health organisations and would urge those interested to respond by e-mailing your comments or phoning Elspeth Gracey or Janet Muir on Elspeth@scdc.org.uk; Janet@scdc.org.uk; Tel. 0141 248 1990.  All comments to CHEX’s response should be submitted by 13th Jan. 2012.

There is also now a presentation available, which showcases the Scottish Government's consultation on the new mental health policy for Scotland. The speaker is Penny Curtis from the mental health unit at the Scottish Government.  It is available via the Well Scotland website. There are also hard copies of the presentation available through Dern Inglis on dern.inglis@nhs.net

 

What is community-led health?

 

Want to know more about community-led health? Watch a short clip of our film 'The Picture of Health' below featuring some of the local organisations CHEX supports. 

 

 

 

*further chapters of the film can be accessed here along with subtitled versions*

 

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