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Our care homes are supporting people to be timely discharged from hospital

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is taking part in a Scottish Government pilot to reduce the number of people who are waiting to move from hospital wards to more appropriate settings.

Nobody wants to remain in hospital any longer than they need to. Any delay in discharge can have a detrimental effect on a person’s health and wellbeing.  Delays can occur for a variety of reasons but are usually due to a lack of appropriate care or services available within the community.

Glasgow marks Carers Rights Day 2025

On Thursday 20 November, our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) marked Carers Rights Day and raised awareness of the unsung heroes of our communities, unpaid carers.

GCHSCP Facing the Future Staff Awards 2017

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s Facing the Future Together (FTFT) Staff Awards ceremony took place on the morning of 12 September at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The Awards recognise and thank individual staff and teams within the Partnership for ‘going the extra mile’ in their work within a number of categories, especially in situations when they or their service have been under additional pressure or when they have implemented an improvement idea that has yielded significant benefit.

Glasgow City HSCP Response to HMP Low Moss Inspection Report

David Williams, Chief Officer, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) said: “We are pleased to note that the report acknowledges the work undertaken to address the recommendations made following their 2013 inspection. There has been significant financial investment in this service over the past year.

Smokefree Services Working Together

Community Smokefree and Pharmacy Smokefree Services have been working together across Glasgow City to run specialist stop smoking clinics within priority neighbourhood areas for health improvement, which have traditionally high footfall for smoking cessation services but low quit rates.

Out of Hours Emergency Homelessness Team based at Hamish Allan Centre

We are about to pilot a new way of working for the Out of Hours Homelessness Service. The new way of working will be a multi-disciplinary Hub model.

Power of Attorney Campaign shortlisted for Award

Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board has been shortlisted for a Scottish Creative Award for its ‘Even Santa Needs a Power of Attorney’ TV advert - an upbeat Christmas advert designed to raise awareness about power of attorney (PoA).

PoA allows people to safeguard their future, should they lose the capacity to make decisions for themselves. 

The board has been running campaigns raising awareness on the importance of having a PoA for the last four years. 

Celebrating 10 years of partnership working to deliver DFN Project Search with University of Strathclyde and City of Glasgow College

It’s been 10 years since our HSCP, University of Strathclyde and City of Glasgow College have been working in partnership to deliver DFN Project Search at the university.

Project Search has been changing lives of individuals and families for a decade now by supporting and enabling people with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum conditions to enter the world of work.

Launching our HSCP's Equality Outcomes 2024 to 2028

We are pleased to launch our new Equalities Outcomes 2024 to 2028. The outcomes have been developed in partnership with key stakeholders across the city, including staff, partner organisations, equality organisations and their members.

The key outcomes reflect the diverse needs of Glasgow City and the range of services we deliver. They provide a focus for our actions over the next four years, rather than everything that we do to address and reduce inequality in the city.

Celebrating unpaid carers during Carers Week 2024

From 10 to 16 June, we celebrated Carers Week to highlight the importance of Glasgow’s unpaid carers.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. This year’s theme for Carers Week was ‘Putting Carers on the Map’, aiming at increasing visibility for carers with decision makers, services, employers, communities and businesses.