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Agenda - 21 February 2018

IJB Performance Scrutiny Committee Minute 12-012-17 (Approved)

February 2018

Welcome to the February 2018 Newsletter.

In January staff supported Cervical Cancer Prevention Week posting pictures on the Partnership's Twitter Account @GCHSCP to promote the Jo's Trust #SmearforSmear Campaign.

We also have a focus on Anticipatory Care Planning and the work going on in localities to promote recovery from addictions.
 

Partnership Signs Up to the Glasgow Volunteering Charter

There is good evidence that volunteering brings benefits to both the person volunteering and the people and organisations they support.  Volunteering means choosing to spend time unpaid doing something to help other people or groups, other than (or as well as) close relatives.

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.

Glasgow City IJB Minute 24-01-18 (Approved)

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.

Raising Awareness of Bowel Cancer

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer is Scotland’s third most common cancer but it is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. Nearly everyone diagnosed at the earliest stage will survive bowel cancer but this drops significantly as the disease develops. 

Partnership Staff Teams get First and Second Place in SASW Social Work Team of the Year Award 2018 

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Staff received two Awards in the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) Awards for Best Practice in 2017. 

The Award for Social Work Team of the Year was won by the Partnership’s Family Group Decision Making Team, with a highly commended for the same award for the Partnership’s Families for Children and Asylum/Roma Team.