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Glasgow’s Homeless and At Risk Communities Get Boosted Against COVID

Some of Glasgow’s most vulnerable communities have been getting boosted at the Lodging House Mission in the city centre. Advanced Nurse Practitioners have been providing jags from the charity’s premises in the city centre, where they provide care and support to homeless, vulnerable and socially excluded people.

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. However, as with all long journeys, we’ll reach our destination by taking a series of small steps in the right direction.

Domestic Abuse Strategy in Development

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) first strategy for tackling domestic abuse is currently being developed.

Nursing Professional Governance Framework and Corporate Nursing Plans Now Available

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) Professional Governance Framework and Corporate Nursing Plans is now complete and available on our HSCP’s website in the Publications and Meetings section.

HSCP Staff Recognised at Recent Awards

Several Glasgow City HSCP staff and teams have been shortlisted for Awards over the last few months.

These include:

The NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) Excellence Awards. These Awards are for individual members of staff, teams or projects that have identified ways to deliver improvements that benefit patients and service uses, colleagues or NHSGGC. There are eight categories of Awards which were presented at the Celebrating Success Awards event on 23 February 2022.

Raising Awareness of Cancer Screening Programmes with BME Residents/Patients

Animations have been developed to raise awareness of the Breast, Bowel and Cervical national cancer screening programmes for BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) residents/patients/ community organisations. 

Our take up rates for cancer screening are currently lower for BME patients so the animations are targeted to contribute to reducing this health inequality.

HSCP Complex Needs Service launched in Glasgow

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is launching its innovative Complex Needs Service on 14 March 2022.

Complex Needs is a brand new model that will provide a specialist, highly personalised service for individuals presenting with multiple and complex health and social care needs who aren’t able to engage with mainstream services in Glasgow. The Complex Needs Service will be the interface between Homelessness, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services, Mental Health and Justice Services in Glasgow City. 

Housing First and the Dogs Trust

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Housing First team have been working with the Dogs Trust in a mutually beneficial volunteer programme.

Glasgow City HSCP Nurses Chosen for Prestigious QNIS Development Programme

Two Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) nurses have recently begun the prestigious Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) development programme. 

The QNIS is a charitable organisation that has been promoting excellence in community nursing to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland since 1889. Their aim is to equip nurses with the education, skills and confidence they need to help people achieve better health and wellbeing, as well as championing nurses as advocates for quality health and care needs. 

Single Point of Access (SPoA)

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) provides a range of health and social work services which have their own processes for how people access them. We have acknowledged that it can be confusing for the public and other agencies, and even staff, to know how to access individual services.