Pledge 1 - Improving health in Salford
Children’s Services
- Invested in a building programme at Lledr Hall that has made improvements, which enable young people with disabilities and their parents/carers to take part in outdoor education.
- Established 4 locality teams to deliver integrated early intervention services to vulnerable children.
Community Health and Social Care
- Helped people who have disabilities to have adaptations to their homes or move to more suitable accommodation.
- Provided home care support and community support to more than 3500 people to help them to live independently in their own homes.
- Made direct payments to over 240 people to arrange their own care to maintain their independence and continue to live in the community.
- Supported over 1700 people to live in appropriate residential or nursing homes.
- Increased by 10% the number of people accessing drug treatment programmes.
- Improved the proportion of equipment to help people live at home delivered within 7 days from 94.8% in 2005/06 to around 96.2%.
- Undertook programmes of work in each neighbourhood to reduce smoking, reduce obesity and promote healthy lifestyles through ‘stop smoking’ events, healthy eating cookery courses, health walks, family bike rides and specific activities and classes targeted at improving certain health conditions, e.g. healthy hips and hearts, Tai Chi, cardiac rehabilitation and chair based classes.
- Continued to develop the Arts In Health projects in partnership with START in Salford, Drugs and Alcohol Action Team, PCT and Arts Council England [NW].
- Developed the heritage project at STASH with the Drugs and Alcohol Action Team.
- Worked with ACE [NW] and the PCT to develop public art projects in LIFT buildings.
- Increased the number of reminiscence projects throughout the city.
Environment
- Met the new nutritional standards for school food with effect from September 2006.
- Met crematoria emission targets and continued the headstone repair programme.
- Supported businesses in reducing workplace smoking in advance of legislation.
- Encouraged the establishment of 100 smoke free cafes and restaurants across the City.
- Prevention and enforcement of underage sales of alcohol and tobacco.
- Provision of regular and responsive refuse collection and street cleansing services.
- Continued to improve the maintenance within parks.
- Continued development of the programme of floral bedding schemes in high profile locations.
- Developed 2 new local nature reserves and increased park rangers.
- Promoted greater use of local nature reserves and open green space through an increase the number of activity-based events.
- Organised a successful “Curry Chef “campaign promoting hygiene standards and healthy menus. Promoted a “hand washing hygiene” campaign in junior schools across the city.
Housing and Planning
- Assistance in development of the PCT LIFT Centres in Swinton, Eccles, Pendleton, Walkden and Lower Kersal.
- Hot Food Takeaway Planning Guidance introduced with healthy living impact included.
Chief Executives
- A marketing campaign “Hands off Hope” to raise awareness of the implications of the proposals that Hope’s maternity services might be closed, delivering 34,955 written responses and a total of 29,222 signatures on ten petitions.
- More than 750 age group participants - the highest so far - entered the Salford triathlon (all running for charity, mainly Leukaemia Research).
- New Deal supported the Community Health Action Partnership to provide community health services from the new Energise Healthy Living Centre for circa 120 residents.
Customer and Support Services
- Achieving financial close in relation to the LIFT centres in Walkden, Pendleton & Eccles.
This page was last updated on 31 May 2007
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