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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde welcomes reduction in drug related deaths
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) welcomed the reduction in drug related death figures across Scotland as Drugs Minister Elena Whitham visited the Enhanced Drug Treatment Service, managed for NHSGGC by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).
Celebrating our volunteers
National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 to 7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make within their community.
![Caption - Volunteers in picture – Claire Cunningham, Arts volunteer, Jean Ash Hub Café Assistant volunteer and Katie Yuile (collecting the award on behalf of the Prison Peer Mentors volunteers) with Fiona Moss.](/sites/default/files/hero-images/volunteer%20group%20%282%29.jpeg)
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.
![Elevate group](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Elevate%20group%20%282%29.jpg)
Prisoner Training Programme Helping to Tackle Drug Issues in Scotland
A training programme helping prisoners to tackle drug issues has won several awards.
![Picture of Certificates](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Peer-naloxone-training-3-1024x520.jpg)
Quit Your Way on No Smoking Day
This year No Smoking Day is on 9 March, so why not make the most of the free expert advice and options available from our staff to support you to stop smoking.
![No Smoking Day](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Twitter%201%20-%20NSD%202022.png)
Maximising Independence Update – Small Steps Make Big Strides
Our HSCP’s Maximising Independence approach with partners aims to deliver the largest change in health and social care in Glasgow in a generation. That’s a huge move. It’s complex and complicated, and it’s especially challenging to tackle such a major change during a global health pandemic.
Summer in the Garden at Gartnavel Royal Hospital
Now that Autumn is here and winter approaches, the Growing Spaces in the garden at Gartnavel Royal Hospital have started to take on new colours and shapes. Seed heads and falling leaves carpet the walkways and yet the Sunflowers still offer a striking reminder of the summer now gone.
![Gartnavel Garden Tour](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Garden%20Tours%20%282%29.jpg)
New Clinics Introduced to Provide COVID Jabs for Newly Arrived Asylum Seekers
A vaccination clinic has been set up in Glasgow to provide COVID vaccinations for newly arrived asylum seekers.
![Image of person getting vaccinated](/sites/default/files/hero-images/covid%20vaccination%20pic.jpg)
Refugee Week Highlights Film and Resource Pack
Refugee Week runs from 14 to 20 June this year with the theme ‘We Cannot Walk Alone'. As part of services to support Glasgow’s refugee and asylum seekers communities, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) South Locality Health Improvement Team has been working with Govan C
Volunteers' Week Highlights Virtual Volunteering in Leverndale Hospital
This year’s Volunteers’ Week is from 1 to 7 June, and is a time to say thanks and recognise the fantastic contribution made by volunteers across Glasgow City Health and Social Care (HSCP) services.
![Picture of patients' pictures.](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Virtual%20Volunteering%20at%20Leverndale%20%282%29.jpg)