Health and wellbeing

If you need support to help manage everyday tasks, Salford City Council has a range of information available on our Health and Social Care webpages.

Salford’s Health Improvement Service offers a number of different activities and support systems for communities across Salford. Visit the Health Improvement pages to look at the wide ranging and varied services on offer or for any further advice or information, please call 0800 952 1000 (option 2) 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday, or email health.improvement@salford.gov.uk

Travel and transport help

Find out what travel and transport support is available in Salford and throughout Greater Manchester to help you on our transport information pages.

NHS help

The NHS website has lots of advice about healthy living and information on vaccinations for adults and children. If you are offered a free flu jab by your GP, please take it up. Flu can make you seriously ill. Check all your family vaccinations are up to date too, including COVID-19. 

The NHS also offer a range of other important information around health and wellbeing, including:

• Help with Health Costs provides information about what you need to pay, help when on Universal Credit, travel costs and personal health budgets.
• Help with Dental Costs provides information on entitlement to free NHS dental care and links to other guidance around NHS dental care and support.
• You can check if you qualify for an exemption for paying for NHS costs, such as prescriptions and dental treatment.
• You can buy prescription prepayment certificates (PPC) from the NHS which may make your prescriptions cheaper by paying a fee which covers all your prescriptions in a select period, no matter how many you need.

Mental health help

• The NHS Every Mind Matters has advice if you’re worried about money or work, plus lots of ways to improve mental health for both adults and children.
• Qwell is an online community with qualified counsellors which offers free, safe and anonymous mental wellbeing support for adults across the UK. The service is available 12pm to 10pm on weekdays, and 6pm to 10pm on weekends.
• Kooth offers online support for young people aged 11 to 24 years old up until 10pm every day.
• Call Greater Manchester Mental Health on 0800 953 0285 at any time or the Samaritans on 116123.
• If you or someone you know may be at risk of suicide see the Shining a Light on Suicide website. Hopeline UK is a service for young people under 35, it's open 9am to midnight every day. Call 0800 068 4141 or email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
• Greater Manchester Bereavement Service can help to find support for anyone in Greater Manchester that has been bereaved or affected by a death. Call 0161 983 0902 for help in finding the right support, lines are open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
• 42^nd Street is a Greater Manchester-based young person’s mental health charity providing free and confidential services to young people experiencing difficulties with their emotional health and wellbeing.
• Mind In Salford is an independent, user focused charity providing vital services to make a positive difference to the wellbeing and mental health of local people. Services include welfare rights and debt advice plus mindfulness resources.

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This page was last updated on 27 February 2024