2025
February 2025
Professor Angela Wallace, Executive Nurse Director, introduced the patient story, in which we hear from two patients who have benefitted from NHSGGC’s Long Covid Service.
2024
December 2024
Professor Angela Wallace, Executive Nurse Director, introduced the latest patient story video. This month’s video featured Cath, an inspiring patient working with Community Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapy Therapist, Joanna Ford, in East Dunbartonshire’s HSCP.
October 2024
Professor Angela Wallace, Executive Nurse Director, introduced the patient story, which this month hears from a patient who describes his cancer journey and treatment from the MSK Oncology Service at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
August 2024
Professor Angela Wallace, Executive Nurse Director, introduced the patient story in August 2024 which focused on supported patient mealtimes
June 2024
Professor Angela Wallace, Executive Nurse Director introduced this story at the board meeting in June 2024, which focussed on the Naloxone Peer Mentor Programme within the Prison Healthcare service.
April
This story highlights the partnership working between NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) to support veterans and their families receiving care in our hospitals.
February
This patient story focuses on the orthotics service and difference they make to their patients’ quality of life.
2023
December 2023
The board patient story for December 2023 focuses on the important role played by unpaid carers and the support they receive from NHSGGC.
October 2023
This story focused on the work of the Hydrotherapy rehabilitation team and hears how two of their patients have benefitted from this.
August 2023
This story focused on the work of the Community Podiatry team and hears from one of their patients.
June 2023
This story focused on the work of Compassionate Inverclyde, a programme supported by Inverclyde HSCP to enable and nurture kindness, helpfulness and neighbourliness in Inverclyde.
February 2023
More than 11,000 babies are delivered every year in NHSGGC and this video shows how pregnant women and their partners are being listened to and supported by our staff to have the birth of their choice.
2022
December 2022
The patient story hears from two young mothers who were supported by family nurses through their pregnancy, birth and their baby’s early stages.
The family nurse partnership in NHSGGC, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, has helped 1500 young mums to have a healthy pregnancy, improve their child’s health and plan their own futures.
October 2022
The aim of the Physical Activity Project at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre is to support people with cancer to be physically active.
In the video we hear from Maida Grant, one of the many patients who have benefited from the project and Katie Booth her physiotherapist. During the video, Maida discusses how the support and guidance from Katie was invaluable and helped motivate her during a difficult time and helped aid her recovery.
