Safer Salford is a well-established multi-year ambitious improvement programme founded in 2016.
It is a partnership between Aqua and Greater Manchester Integrated Care (Salford), and delivered in collaboration with local health and social care partners.
It drives continuous improvement in the quality and safety of health and social care, underpinned by collaboration, coproduction, and quality improvement.
Safer Salford’s guiding principles are to:
Safer Salford was inspired by the Measuring and Monitoring of Safety Framework – a way of approaching safety that kick started the delivery of many national strategies including the NHS patient safety strategy, the Health and Social Care integration white paper and annual NHS and social care operational planning guidance.
Our work is reviewed, and priorities agreed annually by the leadership team from the Salford system.
Our programme includes:
You can find out more about the impact of our work from Our Latest Resources and Case Studies, and by following us on Twitter @SaferSalford.
Salford Care Adult Social Care Provider Excellence Programme
Read about the latest sessions in our Provider Excellence Programme.
Safer Salford 22/23 Year End Report
Read about the 22/23 Safer Salford programme, co-designed by Aqua, Greater Manchester Integrated Care (Salford) and relevant system partners.
Our workstreams supported multi-agency, complex system improvement with a focus on early intervention in community settings.
Community Led Approaches to Vaccine Access and Inequality in Salford - Case Study
Shortlisted for an HSJ Award, this programme began in August 2022, when NHS England (NHSE) in Greater Manchester (GM) made funding available to improve access and reduce inequalities associated with COVID-19 vaccination during the winter of 2022/23.
Community Led Approaches to Vaccine Access and Inequality in Salford – End of Programme Report (2023)
Shortlisted for an HSJ Award, this programme began in August 2022, when NHS England (NHSE) in Greater Manchester (GM) made funding available to improve access and reduce inequalities associated with COVID-19 vaccination during the winter of 2022/23.
Lived Experience Case Study (2022)
Read all about the Safer Salford Lived Experience Panel (LEP), which was established in 2021 and since then has taken an active role in Salford quality improvement workstreams.
Care navigation in General Practice (2022)
As part of the GM Primary Care Reform Programme (2017-2020), funding was allocated for primary care in Salford to support workflow optimisation, and this included developing care navigation across primary care.
The Safer Salford team at Aqua worked with key stakeholders to gain an understanding of the current state, and to understand and synthesise best practice.