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Glasgow City HSCP Team Supports Vulnerable Families this Christmas

Glasgow City HSCP’s Children and Families Team will be spreading festive cheer to some of the city’s most vulnerable children this Christmas.

Home Care Recruitment Campaign Reaches Final of APSE Awards

Glasgow City HSCP was recognised at the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) awards for public sector excellence last week.

The Care Team were finalists in the category ‘Best Efficiency and Transformation Initiative’, for the mass home care recruitment campaign which ran in April last year. They worked alongside the Council’s Marketing, Social Media and PR team to run a multi-platform recruitment campaign across two weeks. They then overhauled the recruitment process to make it more timely and less admin intensive by incorporating a pre-screening tool.

Orchard Grove celebrates tenth anniversary

On 6 September, residents, their families, friends and staff all got together at our Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s Orchard Grove residential care home to celebrate the home being operational for 10 years. We wanted to celebrate this achievement of providing a decade of the highest quality of personalised care by having a huge ‘Young at Heart’ party with all the people we consider family.

Evelyn Downie, Service Manager said: “We sent invites to everyone, residents’ families and our staff, who came along and joined us as we celebrated one another.

New five-year Nursing and Midwifery strategy

‘Leading the Way’ is the new Nursing and Midwifery Strategy for all nurses and midwives across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), which includes Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), over the next 5 years.

Launched in May 2025, the strategy is supported by a transformative approach to listening, known as the ‘Big Conversation’, and underpinned by close collaboration of nurses, midwives, and healthcare support workers.

The Thistle: supporting people, saving lives

Nine months ago, Glasgow made history by opening the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility (SDCF) — known as The Thistle — at the Hunter Street Health and Care Centre. Since then, the service has seen a huge amount of interest from the media, local communities, and professionals across the city.

Recognition for our Mental Health Nursing Staff at National Awards

Congratulations to Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) staff who were recognised at a recent national event for their excellent contribution to mental health nursing.

The Mental Health Nursing Forum (Scotland) celebrated excellence in mental health practice at a conference and awards ceremony held on 9 October at Glasgow City Chambers.

People Make Recovery event a huge success

Glasgow’s largest citywide recovery event, People Make Recovery, was a huge success.

Recovery Month is the annual international campaign to celebrate the achievements of individuals in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, raise awareness and promote services supporting people in recovery. As part of the celebrations, Glasgow City hosted its biggest ever city-wide event, People Make Recovery.

Glasgow City HSCP marks Black History Month

October is National Black History Month, which celebrates and reflects on the rich history of Black culture, innovation, and revolution.

This encompasses the history of African, Caribbean and Asian people in this country; people who often have a direct link with Scotland through slavery, colonialism and migration. Black History Month focuses on people whose sacrifices, contributions and achievements against a backdrop of racism, inequality and injustice are often forgotten about.

Exhibition at GOMA promotes breastfeeding in public places

A free exhibition and events programme promoting infant feeding in public is running until Friday, 9 January 2026 at Glasgow’s Gallery for Modern Art (GOMA).

HSCP Health Improvement staff help develop Public Health Scotland report

Staff from Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s Health Improvement team have helped shape a new report from Public Health Scotland called ‘Consensus approach on prevention of substance use harm among children and young people’.

The report sets out a shared approach to preventing harm caused by substance use among children and young people in Scotland.