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Improving Practice in Specialist Dementia Units
Balmore Ward at Leverndale Hospital features in the latest Alzheimer Scotland: Dementia In
Scotland magazine. Here is an extract from the article.
Balmore ward is one of 60 specialist dementia care units in Scotland. A small number of these
units – including Balmore Ward – are Specialist Dementia Unit Demonstrator sites, which work
with Focus on Dementia to develop and roll out improved practice.
Palliative Care and End of Life Plan Engagement
Staff promoting 16 days of action 2017
16 Days of Action to End Violence Against Women is coordinated in Glasgow by Community Safety Glasgow Violence Against Women Team on behalf of the Glasgow Violence Against Women Partnership (GVAWP).
Between 25 November and 10 December staff from across Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership localities took part in events with Women’s Aid, Police Scotland and Community Safety Glasgow to raise awareness of issues relating to violence against women.
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South Glasgow Public Information Session – A Five Year Mental Health Strategy for Glasgow
South Glasgow Locality Forum Public Information Session – A Five Year Mental Health Strategy for Glasgow on Thursday 8th February from 10.30am - 12.30pm at Home Conference Room, 246 Edminston Drive, Ibrox, Glasgow G51 3HH The session is for service users, community organisations and the wider public in South Glasgow. Topics include:
North East Locality Staff Support Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
North East Locality Staff supported the Jo's Trust #SmearForSmear Campaign during Cervical Cancer Awareness Week which ran from Monday 22- Sunday 28 January. Staff posed for pictures which were posted on the Partnership's Twitter feed @GCHSCP
North West Locality Forum Event - Let's Talk About Mental Health
Glasgow City HSCP - NW Locality Engagement Forum and Mental Health Network (Greater Glasgow) Let’s Talk About Mental Health Event on Tuesday 30 January 2018 from 11.00am – 2.30pm in Partick Burgh Halls, 9 Burgh Hall Street, G11 5LW.
Individuals, community and patient groups, voluntary sector representatives, carers and the wider interested community are invited to find out about the Mental Health 5 Year Strategy, priorities in NW Glasgow and discuss issues that affect patients, service users, carers and their families in relation to Mental Health Services.
Photovoice Exhibition Examines Impact of Alcohol Free Events
An innovative Photovoice exhibition from North West Recovery Communities (NWRC) took place in the Buchanan Galleries during the last week of January. The event was held in the “Good” a store managed by the Kibble children’s charity.
The exhibition was the culmination of a five month Photovoice project where NWRC, in partnership with Alcohol Focus Scotland, Glasgow City Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) and Edinburgh University, examined the community impact of Alcohol Free Functions in Town (AFFIT).
Young People Vote for Local Projects
On 18 January 2018 the 'Big Grant Giveaway' was hosted at the Tramway Theatre. 12 projects from across South Glasgow presented their youth-led ideas to an audience of 200 local young people with the hope of securing up to £3000, to see their ideas become a reality.