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Health Improvement Annual Report 2020 to 2021 Now Available

The latest annual report highlighting the work of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Health Improvement Team is now available.

The report provides an insight into the progress made by Health Improvement around improving health and reducing health inequalities during 2020/21. 

Review of the Glasgow City HSCP Strategic Plan - Update

Our HSCP is reviewing its Strategic Plan. We’re working in partnership with a range of organisations, networks and groups representing and delivering services to people across the city, to give them a chance to be part of the conversation on the future of health and social care in Glasgow City. The feedback we get will shape the next plan and the work that our HSCP will take forward

New Creative Partnership between ALLIANCE and Glasgow City HSCP – the Legacy of COVID-19 in Care Homes

The ALLIANCE and Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) will be working with artist Xuechang Leng to commemorate experiences of COVID-19 in care homes.

The ALLIANCE has a history of partnership working with Glasgow City HSCP. Since October 2020, ALLIANCE’s National Lead for Caring and Outreach, Tommy Whitelaw, has been delivering ‘You Make a Difference Sessions’ to promote value-based reflective practice to all new inductees to the HSCP. So far, he has had the pleasure of speaking to 1,500 new colleagues.

£4.4 Million Investment in Glasgow’s Health and Care Centres Rolls Out Across Communities

Works to improve six of Glasgow’s community health and care centres are being rolled-out, with a focus on improving consultation and clinical areas as well as improvements to office and admin spaces.

Projects will range in size and scale and cover health and care centres in Baillieston, Bridgeton, Shettleston, Govan and Elderpark, Govanhill and Thornliebank, with work scheduled to be complete by the end of the year. The work is being managed by Hub West Scotland through Redpath Construction and Fleming Buildings.

Why We All Need a Power of Attorney

Who would you trust to make the important decisions about your future if ill health meant you couldn’t do it for yourself? You’d probably want someone who knew you well enough to follow your wishes about how and where you’re cared for.

WAC Ensemble wins ‘Best Play for Young Audiences’ at the 2022 Writers’ Guild Awards

The We Are Citizens (WAC) Ensemble is an exciting and innovative theatre company for care-experienced young adults aged 18 to 26. Our Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is delighted to announce that the WAC Ensemble recently won ‘Best Play for Young Audiences’ for their highly acclaimed production ‘Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?’ at the Writers’ Guild Awards in London, hosted by Sandi Toksvig.

Healthy Smiles All Around

Good oral health in childhood means healthy teeth and gums throughout life. Childsmile is working to ensure all children, regardless of income or background, have the best possible start.

Childsmile is a national programme designed to improve the oral health of children in Scotland and reduce inequalities both in dental health and access to dental services. 

Every 3 and 4 year-old attending nursery in Scotland (extended into some P1 and P2 classes in schools), is eligible to be offered:

Glasgow City HSCP Buildings / Services Open to the Public During the Holiday Period

Social Work Services

Over the festive period all public social work offices will remain open between 08:45am to 4.45pm (Monday to Thursday) and 08.45am to 3.55pm (Friday) but will be closed on the following public holidays: 

Prisoner Training Programme Helping to Tackle Drug Issues in Scotland

A training programme helping prisoners to tackle drug issues has won several awards.

The programme picked up Volunteer of the Year at our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) Staff Awards for Excellence in October 2022. It also received two awards at the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) Public Health Directorate Excellence Awards 2022, for Volunteer of the Year and Innovation of the Year.

Helping Adults with Learning Disabilities with Relationships and Sexual Health

Staff from 17 organisations across Greater Glasgow and Clyde came together in November 2022 at an engagement event held by Sandyford Sexual Health Services. Sandyford is hosted by Glasgow City HSCP for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.

The aim was to bring a broad range of stakeholders together to plan and prioritise a programme of work to support adults with learning disabilities around their relationships and sexual health. This was identified from a Staff Training Needs Assessment in 2021.