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Social Work Students and Retired Care Workers Answer the City's Call to Action

More than 100 students and retired care workers have pledged to do their bit to ease the pressure on the city's social care services following an appeal from Glasgow City Council and the city's Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).

To date 97 students, currently completing their four-year Social Work degree or postgraduate degree at university, have expressed an interest in assisting delivering homecare services and working in one of five elderly residential homes around the city.

National Care Home Contract Settlement (2020/21) - revised

Approved 24 April 2020.

The purpose of this report is to update the IJB on a one year National Care Home Contract (NCHC) settlement for 2020/21 and the commitments within the contract in relation to the Living Wage and Agenda for Change band 5 and the proposed increases on our other commissioned services.

*Please note that this is a revised paper to the version approved on 15 April 2020.

Sky's the Limit for Former Homeless Man Michael

New dad, Michael Wright, plans to jump out of a plane at 10,000ft to thank Glasgow's Housing First scheme for helping him rebuild his life after homelessness.

In August, Michael is due to take part in a sponsored skydive to raise money for the Salvation Army which provides support to homeless people on behalf of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP).

PPE Distribution Hub for Social Work Services

PPE Distribution Hub for Providers, Carers and Personal Assistants

Update - Glasgow City HSCP Buildings and Services - 29 May 2020

Scottish Living Wage Settlement 2020-2021

Approved 13 May 2020

To advise Glasgow City Integration Joint Board of the Scottish Living Wage Settlement for 2020/21.

New Health and Care Hub in North East Glasgow moves Closer

The prospect of a new £64.3 million state-of-the-art Health and Care Centre for the North East of Glasgow moved one step closer on Tuesday, 2 June. 

An interim Board meeting of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde agreed the outline business cases which will now be submitted to the Scottish Government’s Capital Investment Group for funding.

The centre, which is proposed for the Parkhead Hospital site, will bring together the key supports from a range of health and care professionals to tackle health inequalities, improve health and contribute to social regeneration.

GP Out-of-Hours Service moves to Appointment Only from 1 June 2020

As part of a planned series of improvements to urgent primary care services, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has introduced a new appointments system within its GP out-of-hours service on a permanent basis.

The new arrangement will help create a more robust, reliable and sustainable service by reducing waiting times, enabling discrete appointments and improving access to GP out-of-hours services while also ensuring social distancing can be observed at urgent primary care centres.

Staff Volunteering in their Communities in response to COVID-19 - Anthony Leebody

Anthony Leebody, Senior Finance Officer in Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, reached out to his neighbours at the start of lockdown. He set up a neighbourhood chat group to bring people together and help identify those who needed extra support.