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Glasgow marks International Nurses Day 2023
On 12 May we celebrated International Nurses Day. Nurses across the world were recognised for their commitment, compassion and daily contributions to society.
International Nurses Day was first established in 1974 by the International Council of Nurses and serves to highlight the important role nurses fulfil in health and social care.
This year the theme was ‘Our Nurses. Our Future’. The theme aims to set out the vision and importance of nursing in the future that will address global health challenges and improve global health for all.
Being There For Someone At Risk Of Suicide - A Guide To Taking Care of Yourself and Others
A potential life-saving resource has been developed for people looking after someone with suicidal thoughts.
Last year, our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Suicide Prevention Partnership commissioned Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH) to develop material for people who are supporting someone considering suicide.
GAMH worked with individuals who have lived experience of supporting a loved one at risk of suicide to develop the ‘Being There For Someone At Risk Of Suicide – a guide to taking care of yourself and others’.
Connection Matters - Is loneliness affecting the people you support?
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has long recognised the impact of social isolation on our well-being and launched a Socially Connected Strategy in June 2022. The strategy heard from people across the city on how vital social connections are, and essential in supporting someone to live well in their local community for as long as possible – a key factor of the Maximising Independence approach.
Go Ahead for New Health and Care Centres
Cervical Cancer Awareness Roadshow in Glasgow
HSCP retains UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold Award
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has retained the UNICEF Baby Friendly - Achieving Sustainability (Gold) Award.
This award celebrates excellent and sustained practice in the support of infant feeding and parent-infant relationships, helping services to embed baby friendly care in their workplace for the long term.
All three localities within our HSCP submitted the revalidation report to UNICEF as a city together for the first time. The report highlighted the high standard of work delivered across our HSCP in relation to the baby friendly standards.
Parkhead Hub - June Update
Complex Needs Service celebrates its one-year anniversary
Our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Complex Needs team has recently celebrated their one-year anniversary since launching the innovative new service in March 2022.
The Complex Needs Service was launched as a brand new outreach model that aims to provide a specialist, highly personalised service for individuals presenting with multiple and complex health and social care needs who aren’t engaging with mainstream services in Glasgow.