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We’re Keeping #ThePromise to Glasgow’s Children

The Promise, or Pinky Promise for young children, is Scotland’s plan for changing and revamping the care system to ensure our children and young people grow up loved, safe and respected.

Pioneering Prison Project to Help Reduce Drug Deaths

Prisoners leaving Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow are being offered a life-saving nasal inhaler, which can save the life of someone who has an opioid overdose. 

Nyxoid is a nasal spray version of naloxone, which temporarily reverses the effects of opioids such as heroin, methadone, fentanyl, oxycodone, buprenomorphine and morphine. When administered, it buys time for emergency services to provide appropriate treatment for someone who is having an overdose.

Glasgow City HSCP’s Homeless Health and Asylum Service is People’s Choice Winner at Scottish Health Awards

Huge congratulations to Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Homeless Health and Asylum Service (now called Complex Needs and Asylum Health Services) who were announced as the winner of the People's Choice Award at the Scottish Health Awards 2021 on Thursday, 4 November. The service was one of six finalists with the winner decided by a public vote.

Care Experienced Open Day 2021

Children and young people who are care experienced have a lot to celebrate, and Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Care Experienced Open Day is one way that we support and celebrate the achievements and talents of care experienced individuals.

Knightswood Community Plant Trees for COP26

Playing a small part for COP26, as part of a joint multi-generational project, Knightswood Connects facilitated the planting of trees in Knightswood in partnership with Friends of Knightswood Park. Seniors living within the community, pupils from Knightswood Secondary and Blairdardie Primary Schools, various local organisations and groups all came together in October to plant a variety of saplings such as Silver Birch, Hazel, Rowan and more.

TECS Emergency Responder Service Update

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), in partnership with SOL Connect, launched a new emergency responder service in May 2021. The service is now firmly established and is successfully providing support to several individuals in North East Glasgow.

COP 26 Exhibition at Gartnavel Hospitals

As part of COP26, an awareness raising art installation highlighting the impact of air pollution on health was hosted on the campus of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s (NHSGGC) Gartnavel Hospitals.

The Pollution Pods, by artist Michael Pinsky, is a series of geodesic domes whose air quality, smell and temperature safely and accurately recreate the pollution of five different locations on three continents: London, Beijing, São Paulo, New Delhi and Tautra, a remote peninsula in Norway.

Tailored Outreach PrEP Service for People Who Inject Drugs Featured in National HIV Journal

A programme to distribute and prescribe a revolutionary medicine to reduce HIV transmissions in Glasgow for people who inject drugs has been featured as an example of good practice in integrated working in a national HIV Journal, HIV Medicine. 

Locality Engagement Forum Discusses Primary Care Services

Physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for the usual ways in which Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) seeks the views and experiences of people who access our health and care services.
 
To keep engaging with local people, our HSCP’s Community Engagement staff have been running Locality Engagement Forum (LEF) sessions online as a safer way to meet with people and gather their views on our health and social care services.

Growing Well Together at Shields Community Garden

A community garden, which was established as part of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Shields Health and Care Centre, has been a sanctuary to people struggling with their mental health, isolation or loneliness.

The garden is an oasis of green tranquility in the heart of Pollokshields. It has raised beds for vegetable growing, fruit bushes, a mini-orchard and a border with a variety of plants traditionally used for maintaining health.