Join the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership South Locality Engagement Network for notice of events, consultations and engagement opportunities and a quarterly news bulletin. 

Work began on the new Woodside Health and Care Centre in early March 2017 and is expected to be completed and operational by the end of 2018. The project build is on target to meet the completion date.

This month we celebrated the long service awards for social work staff as well as other awards received by our staff. We also have a focus on equality including the British Sign Language (BSL) Scotland Act 2015. We also look at recent activities staff have taken part in, including 16 days of Action to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Carers Rights Day.

This month we are celebrating the success of Partnership staff and projects at recent awards ceremonies. We also look at the work being done to train staff who work with people with dementia, the success of providing Money Advice Services in our health centres and a new campaign to help reduce numbers of young people smoking.

On 6 July 2017 a major milestone in the construction of the new Woodside Health and Care Centre took place when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Shona Robison MSP, cut the first sod at a special ceremony.

This briefing provides an overview of the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Glasgow City Integration Joint Board, and it highlights progress to date since the Integration Joint Board was constituted in February 2016.

In this issue we feature Project Search - our work experience programme that supports young people with learning disabilities and/or autism to get and keep a fulltime job.
We also focus on Anticipatory Care Planning and the benefits of Cordia Supported Living and Telecare.
Plus its time to nominate a staff team or individual for the Facing the Future Together Awards 2017.

You can read about how the Homelessness Services Team, part of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, has developed some new ways of working with partner agencies in the third sector to focus on better outcomes for the most vulnerable citizens with complex needs who find themselves homeless.

Welcome to our first Health and Social Care Integration newsletter which aims to keep you up to date with news and information about integration in Glasgow City. We plan to issue the newsletter on a monthly basis as part of our commitment to regular, clear communications with colleagues, key partners and stakeholders. We’ve been listening to your feedback on the kinds of things you want to hear about, and we hope you like the more convenient format and fresh new look. If you have any suggestions for how we can improve further, please tell us.