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COVID-19 Message from Julia Egan
Please see below a personal video message from Dr. Julia Egan, Chief Nurse, Glasgow City HSCP, thanking all our staff for their efforts and giving an update on key actions being taken to manage and respond to the impact of COVID-19 on our health and social care services.
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COVID-19 Message from Pat Togher
Please see below a personal video message from Pat Togher, Assistant Chief Officer (Public Protection and Complex Needs), GCHSCP, thanking all our staff for their efforts and giving an update on key actions being taken to manage and respond to the impact of COVID-19 on our health and social care services within Public Protection and Complex Needs.
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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.
Glasgow City Council and Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership have teamed up with Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) and Volunteer Glasgow to create Glasgow Helps - a hub which people can contact for help or to volunteer their services.
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.
Staff at Glasgow’s Hawthorn House Care Home in Possilpark which is run by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, arranged a special celebration for the great grandmother who has lived at the home since May 2018.
COVID-19 Message from Gary Dover
Please see below a personal video message from Gary Dover, Assistant Chief Officer (Primary Care and Early Intervention), GCHSCP, thanking all our staff for their efforts and giving an update on key actions being taken to manage and respond to the impact of COVID-19 on our health and social care services within Primary Care and Early Intervention.
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Social Work Students and Retired Care Workers Answer the City's Call to Action
More than 100 students and retired care workers have pledged to do their bit to ease the pressure on the city's social care services following an appeal from Glasgow City Council and the city's Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).
To date 97 students, currently completing their four-year Social Work degree or postgraduate degree at university, have expressed an interest in assisting delivering homecare services and working in one of five elderly residential homes around the city.
Sky's the Limit for Former Homeless Man Michael
New dad, Michael Wright, plans to jump out of a plane at 10,000ft to thank Glasgow's Housing First scheme for helping him rebuild his life after homelessness.
In August, Michael is due to take part in a sponsored skydive to raise money for the Salvation Army which provides support to homeless people on behalf of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP).
COVID-19 Message from Stephen Fitzpatrick
Please see below a personal video message from Stephen Fitzpatrick, Assistant Chief Officer (Older People’s Services and South Locality Operations), GCHSCP, thanking all our staff for their efforts and giving an update on key actions being taken to manage and respond to the impact of COVID-19 on our health and social care services within Older People’s Services.
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PPE Distribution Hub
The Scottish Government, with the support of NHS National Service Scotland (NSS) has established Social Care Hubs within each Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) across Scotland, for the allocation of PPE stock to Social Care Providers. This covers care homes; care at home providers; unpaid carers; personal assistants; sheltered housing services; supported housing; housing support; children’s homes and hospices, and all HSCP Social Work Services.
We have now set up a distribution hub from which the following can access stock of PPE:
COVID-19 Message from Mike Burns
Please see below a personal video message from Mike Burns, Assistant Chief Officer (Children’s Services and North East Locality Operations), GCHSCP, thanking all our staff for their efforts and giving an update on key actions being taken to manage and respond to the impact of COVID-19 on our health and social care services within Children’s Services.
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