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National Award for Pharmacy Led Pain Clinic
A pharmacist-led pain clinic in Govanhill Health Centre has won a national award for the ‘Addressing Overprescribing’ category and an overall Silver Award, as voted by the audience, at the PrescQIPP Annual Awards 2021. The winners were announced at an online award ceremony on 13 October.
PrescQIPP is an independent not-for-profit organisation, funded by the NHS, which supports the NHS to improve medicines-related care to patients through robust, accessible, evidence-based resources.
We’re Keeping #ThePromise to Glasgow’s Children
Virtual Afternoon Tea for Centenarian Service Users
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Home Care service hosted a ‘virtual afternoon tea’ this month for service users aged 100 years and over.
Pioneering Prison Project to Help Reduce Drug Deaths
Prisoners leaving Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow are being offered a life-saving nasal inhaler, which can save the life of someone who has an opioid overdose.
Nyxoid is a nasal spray version of naloxone, which temporarily reverses the effects of opioids such as heroin, methadone, fentanyl, oxycodone, buprenomorphine and morphine. When administered, it buys time for emergency services to provide appropriate treatment for someone who is having an overdose.
Glasgow City HSCP’s Homeless Health and Asylum Service is People’s Choice Winner at Scottish Health Awards
Huge congratulations to Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Homeless Health and Asylum Service (now called Complex Needs and Asylum Health Services) who were announced as the winner of the People's Choice Award at the Scottish Health Awards 2021 on Thursday, 4 November. The service was one of six finalists with the winner decided by a public vote.
24 November 2021
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde welcomes reduction in drug related deaths
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) welcomed the reduction in drug related death figures across Scotland as Drugs Minister Elena Whitham visited the Enhanced Drug Treatment Service, managed for NHSGGC by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).
Recent figures from the National Records of Scotland highlight a decline in drug deaths across Scotland, with a 21% reduction marking a significant step in the right direction in addressing substance abuse issues.