Welcome to the latest issue of Partnership Matters.

It’s been an exciting August for us here in Glasgow. In the first event of its kind – never seen nor cycled before – we were the host to the world’s greatest riders in coming together to compete at the highest level in over 13 UCI World Championships. It wasn’t only a phenomenal experience to watch the championships but also amazing to see Glasgow shine and be the world class city that it is in hosting international events. And it was especially great to see our Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s Local Area Coordination Team supporting 15 adults with learning disabilities to volunteer at the Championships. What a superb job they did in welcoming residents and visitors to Glasgow, well done!

Whilst the normal delivery of our services were affected by the championships, I want to also take this time to thank our HSCP staff and partners who planned in advance and had arrangements in place to continue to deliver the vital health and social care services that our patients, service users, carers and their families regularly rely on. I continue to be proud of the lengths that staff and partners go to, to make sure that they remain supported. Thank you.

In the July/August issue of Partnership Matters, we feature articles on:

• our HSCP’s new £72 million Parkhead Health and Care Hub, whose construction with partners is well under way. The Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care, Michael Matheson MSP recently took part in a ‘topping out’ ceremony at the end of June 
• our ‘Circles of Support’ project, which is drawing on our HSCP’s ‘Family Group Decision Making’ approach for children and young people and looking to support adults and older people to remain at home in their communities and avoid unnecessarily going into care
• the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards, where our HSCP Glasgow City Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service’s Crisis Outreach Service was winner of the Nursing Team of the Year Award and Linda Doonan, Nurse Team Leader was a finalist for Mental Health Nurse of the Year
• our day care centres for older people, which are helping to relieve loneliness and enable people to live more independently in their communities, by offering those who need a little more support a great way to spend the day

We also continue to include in this issue links to more news articles that have been published on our HSCP’s website, as well as links to upcoming meetings and events. You can keep up to date on what’s happening across our HSCP with partners by following us on X (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook, too. If you have something you’d like to feature in Partnership Matters, feel free to email us at gchscp_communications@glasgow.gov.uk.

It’s hard to believe that we’ll soon be coming to the end of summer. I hope that you managed to have an enjoyable break at some point, and if not, have one planned.

Thanks.

Susanne