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Praise for Glasgow’s World Leading Dementia Strategy
Glasgow's Dementia Strategy has been hailed as world leading in a prestigious global study.
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Peaceful Haven in the Hospital Grounds
The Art in the Gart creative recovery programme at Gartnavel Royal Hospital has welcomed five times as many visitors as last year to the Growing Spaces sites in the hospital grounds during lockdown.
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Ann Volunteers to Help set up Covid Assessment Centre – Making a Real Difference
Ann Forsyth is a Programme Manager, Primary Care Improvement Plan for Glasgow City HSCP, who is currently the Service Manager at the new COVID-19 Assessment Centre in Barr Street in North West Glasgow.
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Local Area Co-ordinator Thinks Outside of the Box to Support Service Users
Kenny Lang, a Local Area Co-ordinator with the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, recently had to ‘think outside the box’ about how to support one of his families to help reduce social isolation during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.
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Staff Volunteering in their Communities in response to COVID-19 - Anthony Leebody
Anthony Leebody, Senior Finance Officer in Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, reached out to his neighbours at the start of lockdown. He set up a neighbourhood chat group to bring people together and help identify those who needed extra support.
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GP Out-of-Hours Service moves to Appointment Only from 1 June 2020
As part of a planned series of improvements to urgent primary care services, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has introduced a new appointments system within its GP out-of-hours service on a permanent basis.
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Thanking our Volunteers during Volunteers Week 1 - 7 June 2020
National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1-7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make to their community.
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Care Home Staff Throw Birthday Party for 107 Year Old Ellen
Lockdown didn't stop one of Scotland's oldest women celebrating her 107th birthday at a Glasgow care home on 14 May.
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Caring Staff Help Catherine Celebrate her 100th Birthday at Hawthorn House Care Home
Huge congratulations to Catherine Craigie who celebrated her 100th birthday in style on Wed 15th April, despite the Coronavirus lockdown.
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Glasgow Hub Offers Help During Covid-19 Crisis
A new Glasgow hub has been created to help people struggling amid the Coronavirus crisis - linking them to organisations and volunteers who are keen to help.
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