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Salford’s on board The City of Salford version of Monopoly is now on sale – putting our city on the global games map alongside Dubai and Sydney. Local people were invited to suggest landmarks for the 30 squares and among those chosen by the game creators are historic Ordsall Hall, The Lowry, Salford Cathedral, Salford Museum and Art Gallery and the ultramodern MediaCity. Salford Football Club and Salford Red Devils, Salford Lads Club, Salford Loaves and Fishes and mental health charity Start have also been added. City Mayor Paul Dennett said the game creators were spoilt for choice. “The game spans our long and proud history but also recognises people are the real heart of Salford by including local charities and two of our great sports teams.” he added.
Win your own game We’ve got five copies of the MONOPOLY: Salford Edition official game to give away. If you’d like to enter this free prize draw send your name, address and contact details to LettersinLife@salford.gov.uk by 4pm on Wednesday 15 December. Winners will be chosen at random and notified by Friday 17 December. Games are on sale at toy and bookstores across Greater Manchester including Asda, Ryman, Selfridges, Waterstones, The Works and WH Smith, as well as online.
New era for local NHS services and the Northern Care Alliance Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have become a single NHS Trust known as the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The NCA has operated as a “group” of four care organisations (Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, and Salford) since 2017 and is now a single, integrated entity. The NCA will now be known only as the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, although it will keep the names and identities of its four care organisations and hospital sites, including Salford Royal, to ensure that legacy is not lost. Over the past five years, Salford Royal and Pennine Acute Trusts have successfully worked together, sharing best practice, innovation and ways of working more efficiently, building the foundations to enable the NCA to deliver great care and experience for patients and service users. This is a significant milestone in the NCA journey to provide uniformly outstanding care across its four hospitals and community healthcare and social care services, serving a large and diverse area of over 1 million people, and to have a strong voice in the emerging Integrated Care System (ICS) in Greater Manchester.
The creation of a single NHS Trust will enable the NCA and its 20,000 strong workforce to drive forward plans to work with local healthcare partners to further integrate systems, improving efficiency and quality of care.
Find out more about the NCA: Go to www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk Find us on Facebook: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Or Twitter: @NCAlliance_NHS
