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Update on Glasgow’s Promise
We’re keeping Glasgow’s Promise.
In October 2016, the First Minister made a commitment that Scotland would "come together and love its most vulnerable children to give them the childhood they deserve". She announced an Independent Care Review that would gather the views of those involved to find out what needs to change. The review would listen to those with experience of living and working in and around the 'care system'.
Update on the New Parkhead Hub
An improved health and social care facility for people in the North East of Glasgow has moved a step closer. Building work on the new Parkhead Hub started on site in March 2022 and it’s due to open in 2024.
The Hub is being built on the site of the former Parkhead Hospital and current Sandyford, Anvil Centre and Parkhead Health Centre at Salamanca Street.
Family Group Decision Making Teams Help Keep Families Together
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) Teams have been working with families across the city to give the opportunity for families to sit down and talk about their children’s needs and make plans to support them as a family group.
Partnership Outreach Programme Helps Break Cycle of Offending
The Positive Outcomes Project (POP) is a partnership-based outreach team that is making a difference to those who find themselves in a cycle of offending due to alcohol and/or drug dependency.
The POP team consists of three Addiction Social Care Workers from our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) as well as two officers from Police Scotland and a Sacro lived experience Peer Mentor.
Helping Mothers in Glasgow to Breastfeed with Confidence
Congratulations to Elderpark Housing Association in Govan. They’ve recently signed up to the Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Scheme.
The Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Scheme (BFS) runs across Scotland to help provide mothers with positive experiences of breastfeeding when out and about in public areas. Businesses and organisations can actively support mothers to feed on their premises by signing up to the BFS Scheme and displaying their BFS sticker. This gives a visual reassurance that breastfeeding families will be welcomed.
New Video Launched Explaining How Technology Enabled Care and Support (TECS) Can Help People Live More Independently
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) offers Technology Enabled Care and Support (TECS) as a care and support option, for people to live their lives as independently as possible, in their own home.
A new video has been launched to promote and explain how TECS can work as part of a person’s package of social care support. The video has been split into two short parts and can be viewed in any order.
22 February 2023
Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service celebrates its one-year anniversary
The Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service (GIFSS) celebrated its one-year anniversary at an event held at the Banqueting Hall in Glasgow’s City Chambers back in October 2022.
Our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) GIFSS is a support service for families going through tough times and may be at risk of being accommodated. GIFSS works as a collaboration with our HSCP, Aberlour, Action for Children, Right There and Includem, who work in partnership to provide support to families across the city.
26 April 2017
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