HEALTH AND COMMUNITY WELFARE REPORT
HADLEY / LEEGOMERY WARD
Inequalities in health can be traced back two and a half centuries and has been linked to socio-economic class.
According to the black report 1980 during the first 35 years of the NHS there were improvements in health across all classes however there still exists a co –relation between social class, life expectancy and infant mortality rates and inequalities in respect of use of medical services.
“Inequalities in health exist whether measured in terms of mortality, life expectancy or health status; whether categorised by socioeconomic measures or by ethnic group or gender.” Acheson 1998
This report identifies specific health needs and measures in place within the Hadley Leegomery ward of Telford and Wrekin.
A new town in 1963, Telford now has a population of 160,000 and is the fastest growing town in the country.
Telford and Wrekin scores 96th of the 354 most deprived local authorities in England with 57% of the population living in the most deprived ward in England. The borough has a lower life expectancy than the national average with 25% of the population living on low incomes and child poverty in 20 of the 34 wards it is higher than the national average.
22% of the population is aged below 15 years and over the next 20 years 58% of people aged 65 and over will have increased.
There are 67,000 households with 82,000 people within the area unemployed. p3, your council your service guide 2006/07. Telford & Wrekin council.
Telford and Wrekin council became a unitary authority in 1998 giving it responsibility for government services in the Borough.
There are 33 wards within the borough of Telford and Wrekin. Hadley / Leegomery is ward 13.
Map and general view of the boundaries of the wards Hadley / Leegomery,
p4,hadleyweb.pdf www.telford.gov.uk

DEMOGRAPHY
Hadley / Leegomery has a population of 10,117 with 4021 households.
26.8% of the population is aged 0-15years and 11.8%are aged 65 and over.
There is a large representation of BME groups with Asian ethnic groups making up the majority of these .
The percentage of those identifying themselves as white British is lower than the percentage in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and England and Wales as shown in the table below.
p5,hadleyweb.pdf www.telford uk gov.

As well as having a large Asian community, people identifying themselves as Asian other and black Caribbean is also high in respect of the borough or England and Wales.
Chinese communities in the ward are also higher than in the borough, England and Wales although this is of marginal proportions.
The ward has a poorer health than the borough. 12.5% of people reported there general health as not good compared with 9.3%
Long term limiting illness accounts for 39.4% of the wards population compared to 34.65in Telford and Wrekin.
Location
Hadley /Leegomery is recognised as a residential and industrial area. Within the ward there are allotment gardens and a cemetery.
The ward has a medical practice within the main shopping area and another practice within the Leegomery estate. Both practices work within the guide lines as dictated by “saving lives; our healthier nation” the stationary officehttp://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm43/4386/4386.htm
by targeting cancer, coronary heart decease and stroke, accidents and mental health.



Hadley /Leegomery has the Princess royal hospital located within the Leegomery estate which serves the whole of the Telford and Wrekin borough.
There are two junior school located within the Leegomery estate which also offer infant and pre school facilities as well as the new Hadley learning community a 75million pound complex which accommodates 1200 place secondary school (11-16yrs), 420 primary school placements, a 150 place special school for children with severe and profound disabilities (relocating from the bridge school) a children’s centre and community facilities which will accommodate sports, the arts and life long learning. The centre will also contain the relocated library from its present location within the Hadley shopping centre.
All schools within the ward are tackling health issues through education and offer healthy diets on the school menus.
In addition to these community based amenities there is a community centre situated in the centre of the Leegomery estate, witch offers a range of social and educational activities for all age groups, and also houses a community café.


The Leegomery estate is also the location of a BMX track and park offering basket ball, football and Skate Park as well as a play park for younger children.
Within the main Hadley shopping centre there is also the parish community hall which offers various community based groups and advice centres.
With a large Asian population Hadley also has a sheik temple within the ward as well as Christian denominations churches.
The ward has a good community programme for all members of the community offering educational, recreational and legal facilities and advice.
There is good public transport with in the ward with a bus station within the Hadley centre and a service through the Leegomery estate giving access to all local and regional amenities.
Household
There are a number of housing types within the ward flats, terraced housing, bungalows and detached housing. The ward also has communal residential accommodation. The majority, 42.2% of all households are rented from registered social landlords with 45% of homes owner occupied and 55% rented. 10.67% of household are occupied by lone parents with dependent children.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE
With high, multiple deprivation scores for Hadley /Leegomery 34.6 with a ranking of 9 in Telford and Wrekin and a rank of 1524 out of 8414 on the national IMD.
There are 1553 people on low incomes ranking 12 in Telford and Wrekin and at 27.2% ranks higher than nationally which is 25%
39.5% of children in the ward live in poverty ranking 17 in Telford and Wrekin and again is higher than the national 25%
Employment deprivation in Hadley / Leegomery is 11.4% unable to work due to unemployment, sickness or injury with a national ranking of 2700 and national percentile banding of 35%
Health and disability deprivation scores are 0.78 with a rank 12 in Telford and Wrekin and 20% national percentile band.
The ward does however score fairly well regarding education at 1.35with a rank 4 in the borough, national rank 532 and 10% national percentile band.
The ward would therefore be regarded as a deprived area inhabited by the lower levels of the British class structure.



LIFESTYLES
With high unemployment, low income families and evidence of poor health in the ward. It is essential that education with regard diet, sexual health, and drug and alcohol abuse, smoking and mental health issues are addressed.
Hadley has high scores with regard to obesity, heart disease, teenage pregnancy and alcohol and drug related mental health issues.
In line with government policy both surgeries in the ward offer help 2 quit, well woman clinics, dietary advice clinics, and advisory services spastically for woman of ethnic minorities.

There is also a high crime rate in crimes, anti social behavioral issues in the ward.
The following data is taken from the West Marcia Constabulary’s C.R.I.M.E.S database for the
Period April 2001- March 2004.
1011 crimes were recorded in Hadley/Leegomery over the three-year period. April 2001 – March 2004

During this period four significant key crimes were identified:
Key Crime Main Type of offence Recorded Crimes (01/04) Main location(s)
Victim/Offender Profile
Criminal Damage to: Motor vehicles Dwellings 240 (23.7%)
Victim profile– most common age 30 to 44 (42.2% of victims)
Offender profile – nearly 90% white male, under the age of 19
Key Crime Main Type of offence Recorded Crimes (01/04)
Main location(s) Victim/Offender Profile
Assault Actual bodily harm. Common assault and battery 183 (18.1%)
Victim profile – most common age 10 to 19 (35.4% victims), mainly white
Offender profile – nearly 37%, below the age of 19, and male

Vehicle Crime Theft from motor vehicles 113 (11.2%)
Victim Profile – most common age 30 to 39 (37.9% victims)
Offenders profile– mainly white, male, under 19
Dwelling
Burglary
Dwellings 102 (8.8%)
Victim Profile– most common age 30 to 34 (18.2% victims)
Offenders profile – mainly white, male, 20 to 24 years old (75%)
Anti Social Behavior
From April 2001 and March 2004 there were 554 incidents of public disorder in Hadley/
Leegomery. Hurleybrook Way was identified as the highest repeat location for public disorder in Hadley /Leegomery.
Neighbor hood improvement plan 2005/06
In addressing these issues in the ward has targeted specific areas
For young people
• New Youth Worker in action, Development of activities for young people by Youth
• Street Sports activities
• Completion of Multi use sports area in Leegomery.
• New BMX track
• Mirpuri Community Development Project is an action research project, established to
Challenge the educational underachievement of Mirpuri speaking children. The project is
Co-ordinate by School Multicultural Development Services & it is funded by Children’s
Fund. The project team consists of one teacher and two community development workers.
• Enhanced activities at Leegomery Youth Project
• New Leegomery Youth Action Group
• Youth Club at TWIA building
Improve community safety & the environment
• Improvement and enhancement of CCTV cameras in Leegomery centre.
• Removal of bushes and abandoned cars
• New neighborhood watch schemes
• Start of the green Gym Project.
• Community Safety News Letter
Help adults back into learning
• Increased security of Leegomery Community Centre.
• Ongoing development of courses including Classroom Assistant, CLIAT and IT.
Improve health & Older residents
• Older People Inclusion Group, Older People Forum, Neighborhood Contact Scheme,
Older People Joint Commissioning are supporting older people and their projects in the area
• Swimming for the elderly
• Consultation on integrated transport
• Hadley Five 0 membership increased up to 126
• Grants for BME older people up to £2000 from Social Care
BME Communities
• Support Grants £10,000 for BME older people groups from Social Care under prevention programme
• Supporting Connecting Communities Group
• Establishment of Race Equality & Diversity Partnership
• BME membership on Local Strategic Partnership
• Religious and cultural events to promote community cohesion
• Mirpuri Project to enhance the attainment targets in schools for underachievers
• On going support to Telford West Indian Association, Black History Group, Asian Women Group and Hadley Crafts Group neighborhood improvement plan2005/20006 hadleyweb.pdf www.telford.gov.uk
In the Hadley/Leegomery ward primary and secondary health provisions as well as educational establishments and community groups are working with in the recommendations laid out in the Acheson report
“To improve health and to tackle health inequality, we need a new three-way partnership, comprising:
individuals
communities
Government
Individuals are central to our new vision for better health. People need to take responsibility for their own health - and many are doing so. There is a new and clear realization that individuals can improve their health, by what they do and the actions they take.” Acheson report 1998
IN the Hadley /Leegomery ward members of the community are being encouraged to look after there own health by looking after there whole well being mentally physically and emotionally and by becoming involved with the community as a whole.
Shared Priorities – facilitating the work of the NAT
The Neighborhood Action Team is concentrating efforts on
addressing crime, anti social behavior and children’s safety.
Other work being shared by multi agency working arrangements.
Include
Encouraging residents to feel a part of a community.
These activities are reported and discussed through the following structure.
These actions shown below will be addressed by specific theme or sub groups (the
Neighborhood Co-coordinators will support the achievements of these actions as required):

Children & Young people (improving facilities & services)
Organized activities through Children & Young People sub group.
Children Services Activities at (newly refurbished) Leegomery Youth Project.
Youth Development Service
Enhanced the use of buildings by Children &young people. (Telford Cultural centre, Telford West Indian association & Hadley Youth Project).
Voluntary organizations,
Hadley Youth
Project,
Telford West Indian Association,
Local schools,
Castle Farm
Community Centre
Leegomery Community Centre,
Leegomery Youth
Project and Hadley Youth Project
NAT’s
Health
Lifelong Learning
Older People
Families
Access to local community facilities joining up local services
Issues
Fear of crime Community Cohesion
Environment C&YP
Theme Focus of activity to be measured Lead agency
Older people & Health Sustainability of older
People voluntary groups; enhance their activities, getting them out from isolation which may lead to mental illnesses, healthy living projects.

Number of Healthy living Projects.
Funding figures to support these groups to sustain their activities.
Health Promotion Team, Age Concern, Adults services within Social care and
Older people LIT group.
Community Safety, Housing & Environment Reduction of Crime and fear of crime by 5%.
Improve environment to bring pride in to the communities and reduce fear of crime.
hadleyweb.pdf www.telford.gov.uk


Despite being recognized as a deprived area Hadley /Leegomery is a growing community and provisions in place to tackle health inadequacy are working within government policy and Telford and Wrecking authority guidelines.
Providing current trends in tackling these areas of health and social welfare continue the ward should flourish and grow healthily in the future.
















Reference
Acheson 1998
. p3, your council your service guide 2006/07. Telford & Wrekin council
. p3, your council your service guide 2006/07. Telford & Wrekin council
p4,hadleyweb.pdf www.telford.gov.uk
,hadleyweb.pdf www.telford uk gov
“saving lives; our healthier nation” the stationary officehttp://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm43/4386/4386.htm
West Marcia Constabulary’s C.R.I.M.E.S database for the Period April 2001- March 2004.
hadleyweb.pdf www.telford.gov.uk