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.
Welcome to the second Integration newsletter, and thank you very much for all your feedback and comments on issue 1. One of the main things that came up was about the use of terms like ‘acute’ and ‘primary care’ without defining them. So let’s put that right…primary care refers to the services provided by health professionals in either clinics or practices, or sometimes in a patient’s home.
Welcome to the October Integration newsletter, and thank you very much for all your feedback and comments on the last edition. We hope we’ve covered some of the main topics you told us you’d like to hear about in this issue including details on how you can give your views on our draft strategic plan.