More than one in four residents recognised
health and health promotion services as an important factor in the
quality of a community. We have addressed this priority by
improving services targeting children and young people, adults and
vulnerable adults, drug and alcohol users and healthcare
access.
- The Health and Well-being Cluster of the Redbridge Strategic
Partnership have produced the Joint
Strategic Needs Assessment for Redbridge, which sets out the
future health, care and well-being needs of Redbridge residents and
will help our Social Care and Health Services to plan their
services to ensure those needs are met.
- George Davis Lodge was redeveloped
from general sheltered housing to extra care through a capital
grant of £798,771 from the Department of Health. Extra care is
better for residents as it encourages mobility.
- Our contract with Sanctuary Homes was also renegotiated,
converting 34 of the 238 beds to dementia beds to address both an
increase in the number of people with dementia and a fall in the
number of people with residential care need. In addition, 13 of the
beds were converted to private sector individuals outside of the
Redbridge contract.
- A successful pilot advice service was run in Hainault. As a
result, from July to December 2007, 54 older residents increased
their income through securing Attendance Allowance.
- New 50+ Forum set up to provide
older people with the opportunity to talk to the Council about how
plans and proposals could impact upon older people in the
community
- Partnership working between Children’s Services and the
Primary Care Trust
has resulted in reducing teenage pregnancy from 33.2 per 1,000
teenage girls in 2006/07 to 30.26 in 2007/08. We also identified
five hotspots for teenage pregnancy and opened our first
multi-agency Contraception Clinic in a youth setting.
- Although Redbridge had the lowest spend per head on social care
for the 0-17 age group relative to our nearest neighbours, our
investment in preventative services has been successful. The number
of Children Looked After at 29.4 per 10,000 population under 18
years, is almost half the England average (62.6) and significantly
lower that our nearest neighbours (54.3).
- 80 people with mental health problems have found paid work, an
increase from 19 the previous year.
- 337 people with serious mental health problems have taken up
volunteering opportunities, an increase of 41 per cent over the
previous year.
- More drug and alcohol users received treatment, increasing from
729 in 2006/07 to 844 in 2007/08.