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IJB Members visit to HSCP services: Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service

This article is the first in a series, spotlighting IJB Members and their visits to some of our services.

Councillor Mhairi Hunter, Vice Chair of the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board, Visits Services

Councillor Mhairi Hunter, Vice Chair of the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board (IJB), has been finding time in her busy diary to meet staff across the Partnership and observe first-hand the transforming impact that services are having on individuals and communities.

Our Residential Care Homes Admin Teams dress up for Halloween!

To celebrate Halloween, our admin staff across our residential care homes dressed up in costumes to brighten the day for all, showcasing the sense of community our HSCP strives to create within our homes.

To get into the spooky season, celebrations and parties took place in our care homes and day care centres across the city to mark Halloween. The admin staff decided to coordinate incredible costumes that carried the festivities out into the reception areas, which was great for residents and visitors alike. The teams dressed up as The Pink Ladies, The Chipmunks and more.

New Partnership with Glasgow Carers Launched Ahead of Carers Rights Day

On the lead up to Carers Rights Day on 21 November, our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership hosted an event to mark a new partnership with Glasgow Carers; a carer’s led group, founded by Marie McGinn in April 2024, to amplify the voices of carers.

The event was held at Glasgow City Chambers and brought together carers, HSCP staff, carers organisations and community representatives.

What’s at Stake - raising awareness of gambling harms

A new resource that raises awareness of gambling harms for people living in Glasgow is now available.

Gambling harms is an emerging public health issue and has been identified as a priority in Glasgow and at a national level. The resource, ‘What's at Stake: Glasgow's Stories of Gambling Harms and Recovery’, is a collection of fully anonymised composite stories and posters. These reflect the realities and experiences of gambling exposure, participation, risks and harms for people who live in Glasgow. 

Parkhead Hub Update – February 2024

Progress with the Construction

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) new Parkhead Hub Health and Care Centre construction is progressing well. The building is now wind and watertight and the Main Contractor BAM is making good progress with the building services and internal fit-out. Many of the standard rooms are now substantially complete with the contractor now focusing their efforts on the circulation, atria and courtyard spaces.

Michelle shortlisted for a Global Women in Healthcare Award

Huge congratulations to Michelle Guthrie, Health Improvement Senior, from the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) Mental Health Improvement Team, hosted by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). Michelle was recently shortlisted for a national Global Women in Healthcare Award.

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.

North West staff participate in Red Nose Day

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership staff based in the Partick office in the North West recently joined in on the Red Nose Day fun on 15 March 24.

Dawn Campbell, Team Leader was the force behind organising the event and colleagues were happy to be involved in raising money for a worthwhile cause. Some of the activities organised in the office included:

Gartnavel’s Growing Spaces help grow recovery

Taking time to step outside in the fresh air and enjoy the beauty of nature has proven beneficial effects on mental health. Art in the Gart’s Growing Spaces Project exists to support the recovery and wellbeing of patients, staff and visitors to Gartnavel Royal Hospital and all the other NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) services based on the Gartnavel Campus.