Care Home Staff Throw Birthday Party for 107 Year Old Ellen

Lockdown didn't stop one of Scotland's oldest women celebrating her 107th birthday at a Glasgow care home on 14 May.

Ellen Gardner has lived through two World Wars and the 1920s Spanish Flu outbreak, so she wasn't going to let the current Coronavirus pandemic spoil her celebrations.

Partnership Working is Helping to House the City’s Homeless

Teams across the council family have been working hard throughout lockdown to make sure that there are enough temporary furnished flats available for homeless households who need them. This is a key priority for the Homeless Services team at the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP).
 

Thanking our Volunteers during Volunteers Week 1 - 7 June 2020

National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1-7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make to their community.

Glasgow City HSCP has a range of volunteers working across its services from Youth Heath, Health Improvement, Alcohol and Drugs, Residential Care and Mental Health. We would like to thank them for all their invaluable and diverse dedicated efforts in supporting the services we provide.

New Health and Care Hub in North East Glasgow moves Closer

The prospect of a new £64.3 million state-of-the-art Health and Care Centre for the North East of Glasgow moved one step closer on Tuesday, 2 June. 

An interim Board meeting of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde agreed the outline business cases which will now be submitted to the Scottish Government’s Capital Investment Group for funding.

The centre, which is proposed for the Parkhead Hospital site, will bring together the key supports from a range of health and care professionals to tackle health inequalities, improve health and contribute to social regeneration.

GP Out-of-Hours Service moves to Appointment Only from 1 June 2020

As part of a planned series of improvements to urgent primary care services, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has introduced a new appointments system within its GP out-of-hours service on a permanent basis.

The new arrangement will help create a more robust, reliable and sustainable service by reducing waiting times, enabling discrete appointments and improving access to GP out-of-hours services while also ensuring social distancing can be observed at urgent primary care centres.

Staff Volunteering in their Communities in response to COVID-19 - Anthony Leebody

Anthony Leebody, Senior Finance Officer in Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, reached out to his neighbours at the start of lockdown. He set up a neighbourhood chat group to bring people together and help identify those who needed extra support.

Celebrating Carers Week - 8 to 14 June 2020

We are celebrating Carers Week from the 8 to 14 June 2020.  This week is dedicated to people across the country who provide support to friends, family and neighbours who couldn’t manage otherwise.

The theme of this year’s Carers Week is “Making Carers Visible”.  This is an opportunity to engage with both staff and the general public to ensure that people know about the help and support that is available.

Fred Beckett, Carers Lead for Glasgow City HSCP recognises the invaluable contribution of unpaid carers in Glasgow all year round.

Local Area Co-ordinator Thinks Outside of the Box to Support Service Users

Kenny Lang, a Local Area Co-ordinator with the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, recently had to ‘think outside the box’ about how to support one of his families to help reduce social isolation during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.

Normally his team are able to support and introduce service users to the local opportunities in their communities on a face-to-face basis. Given the current situation Kenny volunteered to go above and beyond to help find a solution to support one of his families whose two sons both have learning disabilities.

Pre-Audit Inspection

Ann Volunteers to Help set up Covid Assessment Centre – Making a Real Difference

Ann Forsyth is a Programme Manager, Primary Care Improvement Plan for Glasgow City HSCP, who is currently the Service Manager at the new COVID-19 Assessment Centre in Barr Street in North West Glasgow.