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Welcome to this area which provides access to information on the North of Scotland Public Health Network (NoSPHN).
The North of Scotland Public Health Network (NoSPHN) is a collaboration between NHS Grampian, NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles. The Network aims to link groups of public health / health improvement professionals, to work in a coordinated manner across organisations with a common strategic agenda to promote health and reduce inequalities, thus maximising shared resources?.
The remit of the North of Scotland Public Health Network is to contribute to improving health and reducing health inequalities across the North of Scotland. To achieve this, those involved work collaboratively, where this adds value, to plan and deliver equitable, high quality and effective public health services and activities for the benefit of the population of the North of Scotland.
The scope of work for the Network is significant and there is a risk that the Network tries to be 'all things to all people' thereby achieving little. In this respect it has been agreed that the Network is not seen as a 'structure' but a vehicle for agreeing and delivering objectives of common interest across the North. In this way organisations, groups and individuals are engaged in the Network to achieve agreed objectives - thus enabling the Network to evolve around agreed pieces of work.