COVID-19 Message from Susan Orr

Please see below a personal video message from Susan Orr, Head of Children’s Services, Families for Children/Children’s Residential, in which she gives an update on some of the work of her service area and recognises staff for all their incredible efforts in supporting children, young people and families during the pandemic. She also takes the time to thank our foster carers for the support that they have provided to children and young people in Glasgow.

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Glasgow City HSCP Home Care News - Winter 2021

Read the latest news from the Home Care Service.

Staff Help Sadie Celebrate her 100th Birthday

Sadie Barclay, a service user at Glasgow City HSCP’s Glenwood Day Care Centre in Castlemilk, Glasgow, recently celebrated her 100th birthday. As the centre is currently closed due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), staff members Anne Lowe, Day Care Supervisor; Naomi Lever, Day Care Worker; and Robert Barnes, Driver decided to visit her outdoors at her home to mark the occasion.

Technology Enabled Care and Support for People with a Learning Disability - March 2021 Update

This communication provides an update on Glasgow City HSCP’s work to explore the potential for technology enabled care and support (TECS), to have an extended role in meeting the assessed needs of people with a learning disability.  

Cost of the Nursery Day Project

The Cost of the Nursery Day project was a collaboration between Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership and Glasgow City Council Early Learning and Childcare to identify poverty-related barriers to learning and participation in nurseries, and to develop practical ways to overcome them. The project was delivered in 2019 and complements Child Poverty Action Group's Cost of the School Day project.

COVID-19 Message from Isla Hyslop - March 2021

Below is a personal video message from Isla Hyslop, Glasgow City HSCP’s Head of Organisational Development. Isla talks about some of the work that her team and colleagues have been supporting during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including the importance of staff health and wellbeing and supports that are available. Information on health and wellbeing supports are included at the end of the video.

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Glasgow City HSCP Primary Care Improvement Plan (PCIP) Bulletin No 8 - March 2021

The March edition of the Primary Care Improvement Plan (PCIP) Bulletin is now available.

COVID-19 Message from Susanne Millar - March 2021

See below a personal video message from Susanne Millar, Chief Officer, Glasgow City HSCP, in which she reflects on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic a year on. She thanks staff for their incredible efforts in continuing to support the health and social care needs of the City, talks some about the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme and encourages people to participate in the HSCP’s Communications Survey for staff, IJB Members and Council Elected Members.

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Deputy Medical Director – Mental Health & Addiction Services

Dr Martin Culshaw has been appointed as the new Deputy Medical Director – Mental Health and Addiction Services across the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area, with responsibility for all care groups and the six Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs).    

Susanne Praises HSCP Staff as She’s Confirmed as Chief Officer

Susanne Millar has been appointed as Chief Officer of Glasgow City’s Health and Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP) after leading the organisation through its toughest ever year.

And one of her first acts after the Integration Joint Board confirmed her appointment to the role, which she has held on an interim basis since May 2019, was to praise the “truly exceptional” performance of HSCP staff throughout the pandemic.