Leaflet: Health and Social Care Integration in Glasgow

The way in which health and social care services are planned and delivered across Scotland has changed - and is referred to as 'Health and Social Care Integration.'

To help people understand what Health and Social Care Integration means, we have developed an information leaflet for service users / patients and the public. The short information leaflet advises on:

Supporting Parents and their Teenagers

Glasgow Central Parenting Team has joined forces with the Partnership's North West Health Improvement Team's Youth Health Service (YHS) to offer a triage of support to young people and their parents/carers in the North West of Glasgow.

This joint work offers parents/carers the opportunity to attend a Teen Triple P parenting group where a crèche is provided and teenagers can access support from the YHS.

Getting Ready for Spring - Sun Awareness Training

North East Health Improvement Staff are making sure local children are ready for sunny spring weather by providing sun awareness training for nursery staff in the north east of Glasgow. 

Skin cancer is on the rise, people should be sun aware from April to October.  Statistics from Cancer Research UK show that melanoma skin cancer is the 5th most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 4% of all new cancer cases in 2015.

Tomorrows Women Celebrate International Women's Day 2018

A fantastic day was had by the Tomorrows Women service users and staff team on 8 March - International Women’s Day 2018.

Tomorrows Women Glasgow are a multi-disciplinary team who work with women involved in the criminal justice system who are repeat offenders with very complex needs.  Our team are from Social Work, NHSGGC Mental Health and Psychology Service, Wheatley Housing Group, and the Scottish Prison Service.

Raising Awareness of Bowel Cancer

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer is Scotland’s third most common cancer but it is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. Nearly everyone diagnosed at the earliest stage will survive bowel cancer but this drops significantly as the disease develops. 

Partnership Staff Teams get First and Second Place in SASW Social Work Team of the Year Award 2018 

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Staff received two Awards in the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) Awards for Best Practice in 2017. 

The Award for Social Work Team of the Year was won by the Partnership’s Family Group Decision Making Team, with a highly commended for the same award for the Partnership’s Families for Children and Asylum/Roma Team.

Helping Carers know their Rights - Carer's Act Launch Event

Around eighty carers from across Glasgow came to the City Chambers on 3 April for the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership's event to launch the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 which takes effect from 1 April 2018.

The Act extends and enhances the rights of carers in Scotland to help improve their health and wellbeing, so that they can continue to care, if they so wish, and have a life alongside caring.

QNIS Long Service Awards for Partnership Nursing Staff

Three staff nurses from the North West Locality of the Partnership were recently presented with Long Service Awards from the Queen's Institute for Community Nursing Scotland (QNIS). 

Restart Creative Writing Group at Glasgow 2018 Aye Write Festival

Playwright and director John Binnie has been working with writers from NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) Restart groups in Bridgeton and Maryhill. Participants in the project performed their poetry and stories at this year’s Glasgow Aye Write Festival which took place in March.

Art Project Raises Awareness of Domestic Abuse

Recovery Empowers North East Women's Group (Renew) were awarded funding for an art project, by the Violence Against Women Implementation Group (VAWIG), as part of the yearly 16 days of Action to eliminate violence against women campaign.