COVID-19 Message from Anne Mitchell

Please see below a personal video message from Anne Mitchell, Head of Older People and Primary Care Services (South), GCHSCP, in which she gives an update on how Older People’s Services have been responding to the impact of COVID-19 and thanks staff for all their efforts in keeping the health and social care needs of the city supported.

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Do you care about your community and local health and social care services and want to have your voice heard?

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP) is responsible for the planning, design and delivery of Child, Adult and Older People's local health and social care services. GCHSCP has three Locality Engagement Forums, one for the North East, North West and South localities of the city. 

‘Children’s Mental Health Week 2021’ at Sgoil Ghaidhlig Glaschu (Glasgow Gaelic School)

To mark Children’s Mental Health Week (1 - 7 February 2021), Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu (SGG) (Glasgow Gaelic School) staff have created a podcast specific to Mental Health.  https://ceilisgg.buzzsprout.com/

SGG staff are creating weekly podcasts during lockdown as a fun way to share information from the school staff with pupils and their families and to help forge an online support while everyone is not able to be together at school.  

New £67million Health and Social Care Hub for North East Glasgow backed by Scottish Government

Plans for a new £67 million health and care hub for the North East of Glasgow have moved a step closer.

The Scottish Government has today approved the Outline Business Case for the new North East Hub Health and Care Centre which will be built on the site of the former Parkhead Hospital.

Locality Engagement Forums

A Locality Engagement Forum (LEF) is active within each of the Partnership’s localities (North East, North West and South).

On this webpage you will find more information on:

The Terms of Reference for the Locality Engagement Forums are:

Leaflet: Health and Social Care Integration in Glasgow

The way in which health and social care services are planned and delivered across Scotland has changed - and is referred to as 'Health and Social Care Integration.'

To help people understand what Health and Social Care Integration means, we have developed an information leaflet for service users / patients and the public. The short information leaflet advises on:

Supporting Parents and their Teenagers

Glasgow Central Parenting Team has joined forces with the Partnership's North West Health Improvement Team's Youth Health Service (YHS) to offer a triage of support to young people and their parents/carers in the North West of Glasgow.

This joint work offers parents/carers the opportunity to attend a Teen Triple P parenting group where a crèche is provided and teenagers can access support from the YHS.

Getting Ready for Spring - Sun Awareness Training

North East Health Improvement Staff are making sure local children are ready for sunny spring weather by providing sun awareness training for nursery staff in the north east of Glasgow. 

Skin cancer is on the rise, people should be sun aware from April to October.  Statistics from Cancer Research UK show that melanoma skin cancer is the 5th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 4% of all new cancer cases in 2015.

Tomorrows Women Celebrate International Women's Day 2018

A fantastic day was had by the Tomorrows Women service users and staff team on 8 March - International Women’s Day 2018.

Tomorrows Women Glasgow are a multi-disciplinary team who work with women involved in the criminal justice system who are repeat offenders with very complex needs.  Our team are from Social Work, NHSGGC Mental Health and Psychology Service, Wheatley Housing Group, and the Scottish Prison Service.