NW Locality Engagement Forum Poster and Agenda - 2 March 2023

Item No.9 - Integrated Health and Social Care Hub at Parkhead

To provide the IJB-Executive Committee with a briefing on the commitment within the HSCP Strategic Plan to develop an integrated health and social care hub in Parkhead and to set this proposal within the wider context of our strategy to improve services for older people in the North East, and the Health Board’s draft proposals for re-designing services currently based at Lightburn Hospital

Helping Mothers in Glasgow to Breastfeed with Confidence

Congratulations to Elderpark Housing Association in Govan. They’ve recently signed up to the Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Scheme. 

The Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Scheme (BFS) runs across Scotland to help provide mothers with positive experiences of breastfeeding when out and about in public areas. Businesses and organisations can actively support mothers to feed on their premises by signing up to the BFS Scheme and displaying their BFS sticker. This gives a visual reassurance that breastfeeding families will be welcomed.

Item No.10 - Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee: Calls for view on Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services

To advise the IJB-Executive Committee of a response submitted to the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee on behalf of the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board

New Video Launched Explaining How Technology Enabled Care and Support (TECS) Can Help People Live More Independently

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) offers Technology Enabled Care and Support (TECS) as a care and support option, for people to live their lives as independently as possible, in their own home. 

A new video has been launched to promote and explain how TECS can work as part of a person’s package of social care support. The video has been split into two short parts and can be viewed in any order. 

Item No.11 - Glasgow's Independent Living Strategy

To seek authorisation from the Integration Joint Board (IJB) to include the HSCP logo on communication relating to the Vision Statement for Glasgow’s Independent Living Strategy

Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service celebrates its one-year anniversary

The Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service (GIFSS) celebrated its one-year anniversary at an event held at the Banqueting Hall in Glasgow’s City Chambers back in October 2022. 

Our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) GIFSS is a support service for families going through tough times and may be at risk of being accommodated. GIFSS works as a collaboration with our HSCP, Aberlour, Action for Children, Right There and Includem, who work in partnership to provide support to families across the city.  

Health Improvement Annual Report 2021 to 2022 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 wellbeing and reducing health inequalities during 2021 to 2022.

This year the report focused on:

Film Screenings Increase Staff Awareness Around the Impact of Childhood Adversity

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s Health Improvement Team staff has recently been working with the Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) to increase awareness around the impact childhood trauma can have on individuals and society. 
 

Elevate-Glasgow Celebrates Seven Years of Achievement with Graduation Ceremony

Over 100 awards were given to participants in a graduation ceremony at the end of February for qualifications, training and personal development programmes completed by individuals in recovery from drug or alcohol misuse.

Bailie Anthony Carroll, on behalf of the Lord Provost of Glasgow; Susanne Miller, Chief Officer of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP); and Gary Meek, Chief Executive Officer of Glasgow Council on Alcohol and Chair of Elevate-Glasgow, welcomed graduates and guests to the event at Glasgow City Chambers on 23 February 2023.