Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s Health Improvement Teams have recently released their 2018 / 19 Annual Report. This report provides a flavour of the work carried out by Health Improvement Teams across Glasgow City and reflects on progress made throughout the financial year 2018 / 19.

In Glasgow City, Health Improvement’s vision is to improve health and reduce inequalities. This report is framed around the work Health Improvement does in relation to our strategic direction by our three locality teams, North East, North West and South, as well as the work of the Health Improvement hosted, Board-wide services. These services are in relation to Sexual Health, Alcohol and Drugs, Mental Health Improvement and Community Justice.

The Annual Report was launched at a Citywide Performance Event, which brought together staff across the city to share good practice and reflect on our key priorities, performance and our course for going forward.

Karen McNiven, Health Improvement Manager said: “The Health Improvement staff event was a great success, and the feedback from the teams has been extremely positive with staff welcoming the opportunity to celebrate their achievements and performance over the last year. The event provided the opportunity for staff to share learning and also debate what our future challenges are across the city and areas for improvement.”

A key message from the event was the importance of engaging local communities in decision making and also our partnership working with other Partnership services/teams and our wider community planning partners. This strong partnership approach most definitely creates better joined-up services to support local people to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities. A huge thanks must also go the health improvement staff from across the city who organised such a successful event.”

The report is now available on Stor (NHSGGC Repository): http://hdl.handle.net/11289/580115