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Promoting cycling for all at Leverndale Hospital
When it comes to active and sustainable travel, our staff at Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow have got on their bikes and made things happen – for the benefit of patients and the nearby community.
Staff have been working with patients over the past couple of years through its Pedal 4 Progress initiative, to get them active and help them enjoy the benefits to physical and mental health of cycling.
Creating Circles of Support
We probably all know families who have their own roles in caring for a loved one, whether they’re the one who takes a parent to the shops, makes the dinners, gives a lift to appointments or just drops in for a cup of tea and a chat.
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have such family support around them. So a new pilot project, based on the successful ‘Family Group Decision Making’ approach with children and young people, is being launched in Glasgow to replicate elements of the family support circle.
Top Awards go to Glasgow City HSCP Staff
Dedicated health and social care workers from across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) area have been recognised at the Health Board’s annual Celebrating Success Staff Awards event on Thursday 30 May.
LGBT Charter Gold Award for Glasgow City Youth Health Service
Glasgow City Youth Health Service is delighted to announce that it’s now accredited with the LGBT Charter at Gold level.
Celebrating 10 years of partnership working to deliver DFN Project Search with University of Strathclyde and City of Glasgow College
It’s been 10 years since our HSCP, University of Strathclyde and City of Glasgow College have been working in partnership to deliver DFN Project Search at the university.
Project Search has been changing lives of individuals and families for a decade now by supporting and enabling people with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum conditions to enter the world of work.
King’s Birthday Honour for HSCP staff member
A member of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is being recognised with a MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Celebrating our volunteers
National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 to 7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make to their community.
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has a range of volunteers working across its services from Youth Heath, Health Improvement, Alcohol and Drugs, Residential Care and Mental Health. We would like to thank them for all their invaluable and diverse dedicated efforts in supporting the services we provide.
Our Telecare Service is going digital!
Telecommunications providers across the UK, such as BT, Virgin Media, Sky and Talk Talk are replacing analogue phone lines with digital equivalents with analogue phone lines being switched off by January 2027.
This shift means that phone services will be delivered in the same way as internet connections and will affect the delivery of telecare services across Scotland.
Celebrating unpaid carers during Carers Week 2024
From 10 to 16 June, we celebrated Carers Week to highlight the importance of Glasgow’s unpaid carers.
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. This year’s theme for Carers Week was ‘Putting Carers on the Map’, aiming at increasing visibility for carers with decision makers, services, employers, communities and businesses.