September 2017

In this issue we congratulate the winners and commendations of the Partnership’s Facing the Future Together staff awards.

GCHSCP Facing the Future Staff Awards 2017

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s Facing the Future Together (FTFT) Staff Awards ceremony took place on the morning of 12 September at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The Awards recognise and thank individual staff and teams within the Partnership for ‘going the extra mile’ in their work within a number of categories, especially in situations when they or their service have been under additional pressure or when they have implemented an improvement idea that has yielded significant benefit.

North West Recovery Communities 5 years Anniversary Event

Underpinned by the Scottish Government’s Road to Recovery Strategy and brought to life by its participants, the community-based, North West Recovery Communities (NWRC) has played a major part in helping to transform Alcohol and Drugs Recovery Services across Glasgow over the last five years.

Glasgow City HSCP Response to HMP Low Moss Inspection Report

David Williams, Chief Officer, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) said: “We are pleased to note that the report acknowledges the work undertaken to address the recommendations made following their 2013 inspection. There has been significant financial investment in this service over the past year.

No Alcohol No Harm Warning for Mums to Be

For many years there have been mixed messages around drinking alcohol in pregnancy, but a new hard-hitting campaign by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde aims to clear up the confusion once and for all. “No alcohol, no alcohol harm” is the theme of an information campaign, aimed at pregnant women and those thinking about having a baby, to highlight the risk of their child being born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Smokefree Services Working Together

Community Smokefree and Pharmacy Smokefree Services have been working together across Glasgow City to run specialist stop smoking clinics within priority neighbourhood areas for health improvement, which have traditionally high footfall for smoking cessation services but low quit rates.

Out of Hours Emergency Homelessness Team based at Hamish Allan Centre

We are about to pilot a new way of working for the Out of Hours Homelessness Service. The new way of working will be a multi-disciplinary Hub model.