Transcript Public Toilet Provision in Salford - Presentation

Salford Forum for Older People
Public Toilet Report - Progress
Update
Integrated Commissioning Team, Community
Health and Social Care
Paul Walsh – Integrated Commissioning Manager
Caroline Allport – Development Worker
Background
• Salford Forum for Older People (SFOP)
commissioned a review of public toilets in
Salford in 2009/10
• 9 recommendations
• Conclusion: “Establishing public toilets as a
priority can have a significant impact on the
quality of the lives of older people in Salford”
• City council (CHSC) staff picked up the work
(2011/12) due to funding cuts (Link Age Plus)
and capacity issues for SFOP.
Recommendation 1 - Information
• Online map on City Council web site
Recommendation 2 - Signage
• No Progress on actions
• Discussions taking place with Russ
Nutter (Sustainable Regeneration) and
Salford Business Units to progress
Recommendation 3 - Provision
• Shopping areas on city council web site
• Sustainable Regeneration update DDA
city council public toilet provision
• Discussion with Northern Rail about train
station provision.
Recommendation 4 – Quality of Toilets
• DDA city council public toilet provision
Recommendation 5 – Community Toilet
Scheme
• No progress – resource implications
Recommendation 6 – SCC
considerations
• No progress – resource implications
Recommendation 7 – National Key
Scheme
• Link to national scheme on city council
web site
Recommendation 8 – Changing Places
• No progress – resource implications
Recommendation 9 – Scrutiny
• Capacity issues for SFOP has resulted in
CHSC officers picking this work up
Summary
• Progress against the actions in the report have
been limited due to capacity
• The city council has been able to address
actions related to information provision and
DDA in relation to city council facilities
• Salford Forum for Older People has been
limited in its ability to manage this process
Conclusions
• City council should review the actions
from the report and propose a new set of
realistic actions
• An appropriate lead section needs to be
identified to progress the work.