Glasgow City HSCP Staff Awards for Excellence 2024 - Winners and Commendations

Glasgow City HSCP’s (Health and Social Care Partnership) Staff Awards for Excellence 2024 took place as a virtual event this year on 13 March. The awards recognise and celebrate individual staff, teams and projects who have ‘gone the extra mile’ in their work in a number of categories.

Both health and social work staff working within our HSCP were eligible to be nominated. There was also a category for volunteers, for which individuals not employed by the HSCP could also be nominated.

Supporting GP practices with their acute prescribing

An acute prescription is medication given to treat a sudden and short-term condition, also known as an acute condition, such as antibiotics to treat an infection. They’re also used when starting a new medication if there needs to be a review before you start taking it long term. If it’s deemed beneficial to your health, it may end up becoming a repeat prescription.

New resources to improve mental health

As May was Mental Health Awareness Month our mental health improvement team circulated some new resources. These included:

Success for HSCP Staff at RCN Awards 2024

Five of our HSCP’s mental health and alcohol and drug recovery service colleagues were celebrated at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards 2024. The Awards took place on Thursday, 23 May, and recognised outstanding contributions to nursing. 

Celebrating International Nurses Day 2024

On 12 May Glasgow City HSCP staff celebrated International Nurses Day, a global recognition of nurses' commitment, compassion, and invaluable contributions to society. This day, established in 1974 by the International Council of Nurses, underscores the crucial role nurses play in health and social care.

Staff at Community Centre for Health raise money for Guide dogs

Kind hearted staff at the Community Centre for Health in Partick, had a cake sale in April, to raise funds for Guide Dogs’ 'Make Every Cuppa Count' fundraising campaign.

Guide Dog services enable thousands of people with sight loss to lead confident, independent and fulfilling lives. As the charity rely on donations to continue their life-changing work, by Making Every Cuppa Count, every penny raised makes a difference to people living with sight loss.

Pre-Audit Inspection of Annual accounts for the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN under Regulation 9 of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 that:

Promoting cycling for all at Leverndale Hospital

When it comes to active and sustainable travel, our staff at Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow have got on their bikes and made things happen – for the benefit of patients and the nearby community.

Staff have been working with patients over the past couple of years through its Pedal 4 Progress initiative, to get them active and help them enjoy the benefits to physical and mental health of cycling.

Creating Circles of Support

We probably all know families who have their own roles in caring for a loved one, whether they’re the one who takes a parent to the shops, makes the dinners, gives a lift to appointments or just drops in for a cup of tea and a chat.  

Not everyone is fortunate enough to have such family support around them. So a new pilot project, based on the successful ‘Family Group Decision Making’ approach with children and young people, is being launched in Glasgow to replicate elements of the family support circle.

Top Awards go to Glasgow City HSCP Staff

Dedicated health and social care workers from across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) area have been recognised at the Health Board’s annual Celebrating Success Staff Awards event on Thursday 30 May.