GCVS News

GCVS is a busy organisation working within a dynamic sector. Here are some of the news stories that have caught our interest.

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Health news stories:

• Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland to Merge with Voluntary Health Scotland

  Published: 7 Dec 2011

  The Boards of Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland and Voluntary Health Scotland have agreed to enter into a programme of work - Facing the Future - to merge the organisations.

• Lowest UK Life Expectancy for Glaswegians

  Published: 20 Oct 2011

  A new report from the Registrar General for Scotland tells us that while life expectancy is continuing to rise across Scotland as a whole, people in Glasgow have the lowest life expectancy in the UK.

• Change Fund - Reshaping Elderly Care

  Published: 7 Apr 2011

  In line with other local authority areas across Scotland, Glasgow recently submitted a Change Fund Plan which will see £7.9m additional funding to the city during 2011-12 to support the Reshaping Care for Older People agenda. The third sector was a co-si

• Latest News: Glasgow's New Community Health Partnership Structures

  Published: 29 Mar 2011

  Information and links to Glasgow's New Community Health Partnership Structures

• Self-directed Support Strategy for Social Care

  Published: 1 Dec 2010

  A 10 year strategy for Self-directed Support in Scotland which aims to drive a cultural shift around the delivery of social care and support.

• Latest News on CHP Transition Arrangements

  Published: 1 Sep 2010

  A letter to Third Sector regarding NHS transition from five CHCPS to a single CHP.