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TECS Emergency Responder Service Update
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), in partnership with SOL Connect, launched a new emergency responder service in May 2021. The service is now firmly established and is successfully providing support to several individuals in North East Glasgow.
Robotic cat brings joy to one of our service users
A robotic cat has brought back memories, joy and improved interactions for one of our service users.
Deborah Thomson, one of our Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Social Workers, has been trying to find innovative ways to improve one of her service user’s life after she was diagnosed with Charles Bonnet Syndrome and Dementia.
Glasgow Red Cross Work With Our HSCP to Deliver Emergency Food Parcels
The Red Cross has been working with Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) on the Winter Food Project, launched to help people experiencing food poverty during the coldest months of the year.
Due to the economic impact of increased fuel and food prices and the rising costs of living impact, many of our HSCPs most vulnerable service users’ financial circumstances were worsening markedly, month on month.
Anticipatory Care Plan (ACP) Programme Celebrates Third Birthday
The Anticipatory Care Plan (ACP) Programme celebrated its third birthday in April 2023. Over the past three years, the ACP Programme Team, hosted by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has been working with staff and the public across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) to raise awareness of the importance of thinking and planning for the future.
Leverndale Hospital Praised for Pandemic Care
The efforts of staff to continue to provide excellence in care at an adult mental health ward at Leverndale Hospital in Glasgow during the pandemic have been praised by Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland.
The Commission inspected the rehabilitation ward within the hospital and spoke to staff and patients to better understand how care has been managed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The ward is an 11-bedded mixed-sex ward, providing intensive rehabilitation and recovery care and treatment to adults with severe and enduring mental health problems.
Mental Health Nurses Day - Sunday 21 February 2021
National Mental Health Nurses Day on 21 February is an opportunity to promote and celebrate Mental Health Nursing in the UK, and recognise and thank nursing staff working in mental health services.
All health and social care staff have risen to the challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic and it is for this reason it is additionally important to mark National Mental Health Nurses Day this Sunday 21 February.
Staff Help Sadie Celebrate her 100th Birthday
Sadie Barclay, a service user at Glasgow City HSCP’s Glenwood Day Care Centre in Castlemilk, Glasgow, recently celebrated her 100th birthday. As the centre is currently closed due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), staff members Anne Lowe, Day Care Supervisor; Naomi Lever, Day Care Worker; and Robert Barnes, Driver decided to visit her outdoors at her home to mark the occasion.
Cost of the Nursery Day Project
The Cost of the Nursery Day project was a collaboration between Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership and Glasgow City Council Early Learning and Childcare to identify poverty-related barriers to learning and participation in nurseries, and to develop practical ways to overcome them. The project was delivered in 2019 and complements Child Poverty Action Group's Cost of the School Day project.
Susanne Praises HSCP Staff as She’s Confirmed as Chief Officer
Susanne Millar has been appointed as Chief Officer of Glasgow City’s Health and Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP) after leading the organisation through its toughest ever year.
And one of her first acts after the Integration Joint Board confirmed her appointment to the role, which she has held on an interim basis since May 2019, was to praise the “truly exceptional” performance of HSCP staff throughout the pandemic.