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Message from Susanne Millar - Partnership Matters - March/April 2023

Staff Health and Wellbeing

Welcome to our health and wellbeing web page for all NHS and Council staff working within Glasgow City HSCP. Staff health and wellbeing is important to us and we are committed to supporting staff to maintain and improve this. 

 There are links below that will hopefully make it easier for you to connect with national and local online resources.

DFN Project Search - Applications

DFN Project Search - Applications now open! 

Do you know, or are you, a young person (18 – 29 years) who has a learning disability and / or autism who wants to move into work? If so, DFN Project SEARCH might be a great next step.

About Us

Find out more information about the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Glasgow City Integration Joint Board.

Find a Service

How to Get a Community Health or Social Care Service.

SDCF - Local communities

Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility is called 'The Thistle'.

Safer Drug Consumption facilities (SDCF) were first established in Switzerland in the 1980’s. There are now more than 100 of these facilities worldwide, which has resulted in extensive research and evaluation of the impact on local communities.

The general themes from this research show that following the opening of SDCFs:

Social Care Planned Procurement and Commissioning Service Development Plan

The Glasgow City Integration Joint Board’s Social Care Planned Procurement and Commissioning Service Development Plan 2025 to 2026 and Social Care Planned procurement and Commissioning Service Development Plan 2026 to 2

Glasgow City IJB Meeting Schedule

2026-27 Meeting Schedule

SDCF - Service user information

Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility is called 'The Thistle' and opened on Monday 13 January 2025

Safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs) are supervised healthcare settings where you can consume your own drugs, obtained elsewhere, under the supervision of trained health and social care professionals, in clean, hygienic and safe environments reducing the risk of overdose.

You will receive a compassionate service which focuses on reducing the harms associated with injecting drug use and will be given the opportunity, if desired, to access other support services. 

Safer Drug Consumption Facility

Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility is called 'The Thistle' and opened on Monday 13 January 2025.

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and other partners have worked to develop the first Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) in Scotland and the United Kingdom. The Thistle is located at 55 Hunter Street, Glasgow, G4 0UP and is open 9am to 9pm every day, 365 days of the year.