Peaceful Haven in the Hospital Grounds

The Art in the Gart creative recovery programme at Gartnavel Royal Hospital has welcomed five times as many visitors as last year to the Growing Spaces sites in the hospital grounds during lockdown.

Carer Recruitment Drive Launched

Glasgow City Council, as part of the city's Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), is creating around 200 new posts to cover vital home care, residential care and day care responsibilities.

Councillor Mhairi Hunter, who serves on the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board, said: "Throughout the Covid-19 crisis the valuable and important role of carers has been highlighted. I'm delighted we're now in a position to recruit and train staff for these varied, front-line care roles and to offer jobs to people seeking employment." 

Concerns about Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health

Concerns about an increase in mental health problems prompted by the pandemic has sparked calls for people to talk about their feelings more.

Loneliness, social isolation, fears for job security, bereavement, grief, financial worries and anxiety about Coronavirus are all issues which people may have struggled with during lockdown and Glasgow's Suicide Prevention specialists fear that the impact on people's mental health may become increasingly apparent in coming months.

Working Together to Prevent Suicide

Glasgow City HSCP supports National Suicide Prevention Week, an annual week-long campaign surrounding World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September to raise awareness of suicide and suicide prevention.

Do you have a Power of Attorney?

Families are being encouraged to plan for the future by obtaining Power of Attorneys (POA) to protect the wishes of relatives and friends in the event of illness or accidents.

After a successful Glasgow POA campaign over the last five years, Health and Social Care Scotland has now embarked on a national POA campaign, #PeopleLikeYou with 29 of the 31 HSCPs signing up.

Partnership Staff Recognised at NHSGGC Celebrating Success and Chairman’s Awards

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) Celebrating Success Staff Awards were held on 4 November 2019. The event showcases exceptional contributions to patient care. Glasgow City HSCP staff were recognised in several categories.

The Chara Centre received the Celebrating Success Local Staff Award for Glasgow City HSCP, for their work with women experiencing homelessness.

Glasgow National Care Leavers Week Open Day 2019

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP) hosted their 8th Annual Care Leavers Open Day at the Barras Art and Design (BaAD) venue in the East End on Friday 25 October 2019.

The event coincided with National Care Leavers Week and was a celebration of the individual and collective achievements of the incredible talents of Glasgow’s Care Leavers. The Theme of this years’ event was MOTIVATION. 

New App for Young Residents

The James McLean Project (JMP) provides accommodation and support to homeless young men and women aged 16 to 21. The team at the JMP in Barmulloch has launched an App, which will transform the way they communicate with their service users.

The App, which will improve the way the service delivers information to residents and how they feedback to the service, was officially launched in October.

Chatter 'n' Natter to End Loneliness

The Partnership’s Local Area Coordination Team has been promoting Chatter ‘n’ Natter as part of the wider campaign to end loneliness across Glasgow. This very simple concept encourages any person who is feeling lonely to sit at a designated table within a café setting that displays the Chatter ‘n’ Natter logo. To date the team has signed up 33 cafés to the scheme, which include various Aroma Cafés within hospital settings throughout Glasgow and a number of Encore Cafés within Glasgow Life premises, as well as independent cafés throughout Glasgow.

Health and Social Care Locality Plans Now Available

The Glasgow City Integration Joint Board’s Strategic Plan and Locality Plans cover health and social care services across Glasgow City. Each of the three local areas (North East, North West and South) that make up Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) develop their own Locality Plan with partners including patients, service users, carers and the third and independent sectors.