The Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership has been shortlisted for a COSLA Excellence award in recognition of its work to support care home residents and staff throughout the pandemic. The Care Home Assessment and Review Team (CHART) has been placed into the final stages of selection in the ‘Achieving Outcomes in Partnership’ category for the annual ceremony, which recognises excellence in local government service delivery. The CHART team was established initially to provide expert support to care… read more →
Plans to radically transform community care in rural southwest Stirling have been backed by Councillors. An enhancement of not only the type of care offered, but how and where communities can access it, has been approved by the Clackmannanshire and Stirling Integration Joint Board. Over the past 18 months, residents in the communities of Gargunnock, Kippen, Fintry, Arnprior, Buchlyvie, Balfron, Killearn, Strathblane, Croftamie, Drymen, and the communities of East Loch Lomond have been canvassed for their opinions on local community… read more →
Over the past 6 months, staff from NHS Forth Valley and both Health & Social Care Partnerships have been working with a range of colleagues and service users to develop a new Quality Strategy that sets out our approach to planning, assuring and improving the quality of care and support we deliver. The feedback so far has helped to identify the following five priorities: Involve patients, service users and their carers – from feedback to supporting and leading quality improvement,… read more →
The Equality Act 2010 requires all public bodies; such as Councils, Health Boards and Integration Joint Boards (Health and Social Care Partnerships) to publish equality outcomes at least every four years. Equality outcomes aim to achieve specific and identifiable improvements in people’s lives, eliminate discrimination, advance equality and foster good relations between different groups. The Clackmannanshire & Stirling Integration Joint Boards current Equality Outcomes can be found on the website here. They were adopted based on local outcomes within the… read more →
The Clackmannanshire & Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) are holding a consultation on community health and care in Rural Southwest Stirling. Stage 1 of this consultation process has now been completed. Stage 2 of this consultation will run from 1 February until 15 March 2021. This consultation will include an online survey and a series of online events which will be accessed through Eventbrite. We also have options for those not able to engage digitally. Why are we… read more →
The ‘Stage 1 – Pre-Consultation’ survey is open for responses from 8pm on Tuesday 8 December 2020 until 9am on Monday 25 January 2021. Please use the link below to access the survey questions relating to ‘Stage 1 – Pre-Consultation’ of the Clackmannanshire & Stirling Health & Social Care Partnership’s Consultation on the future delivery of community health and social care across the rural southwest Stirling area. Survey link Rural Southwest Stirling Consultation Stage 1 – Pre-Consultation slides
The groundswell of public support for the NHS and staff working across our health and social care system responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has been phenomenal. There’s no doubt that communities, voluntary groups, businesses and individuals want to do their bit to try to help. Many businesses are looking at how they can use their existing expertise to produce supplies of things they are hearing are much-needed in the system – including Personal Protective Equipment, scrubs etc. Community groups and… read more →
Anyone providing regular support to a vulnerable friend or relative will want to do what they can to protect their own health and that of those they look after during the coronavirus outbreak. Like everyone, unpaid carers (including young carers) and people being cared for should familiarise themselves with the public health advice on how to protect themselves from infection. As the situation is changing quickly, the guidance may also change, so carers should therefore check regularly to make sure… read more →
As part of our efforts to keep you informed, we will be issuing regular updates. These will include information on matters such as planning and resilience, operational service guidance, along with signposting to the latest national advice to ensure clear, consistent and timely sharing of information. A number of planning and resilience arrangements have been put in place, including: Establishment of a local mobilisation centre Meetings of operational and strategic leaders from the mobilisation centre, initially twice per week Regular… read more →