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.
End of Year Report 2024 - 2025
Find out about some of the fantastic work that we undertook last year in our End of Year Report.
Safer Salford End of Year Reports
The Safer Salford programme is co-designed by Aqua, NHS Greater Manchester (Salford) and relevant system partners.
The workstreams support multi-agency, complex system improvement with a focus on early intervention in community settings.
We have released summaries of previous years’ work in our End of Year Reports.
Safer Salford Case Studies
Read about the great pieces of work undertaken by our Safer Salford team.
Community Led Approaches to Vaccine Access and Inequality in Salford – End of Programme Reports
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.
We have published reports detailing each year of the programme.
Salford Care Adult Social Care Provider Excellence Programme
Read about the latest sessions in our Provider Excellence Programme.