Shropshire has a rich cultural heritage to discover and natural landscapes to explore, for residents and tourists alike. There are for example Roman and Iron Age sites, castles and historic buildings, theatres and museums, libraries and leisure centres, Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); rivers and canals; walking and cycling routes including one of the largest Rights of Way networks in the country. We want our residents to increase their quality of life as well as their length of healthy life and reducing ill health to minimise demand and dependency on public services. In doing so we want to promote health awareness and healthier lifestyles within families. We want to protect our environment for future generations with clean streets, water and air, along with high recycling rates.
Improving public health
% of cancer screening coverage for bowel cancer
31 Mar 18
62.8%
Monitoring
% of cancer screening coverage for breast cancer
31 Mar 18
81.5%
Monitoring
Cancer screening coverage for cervical cancer
31 Mar 18
76.6%
Monitoring
% of eligible adults aged 65+ who have received the flu vaccine
31 Mar 18
74.10%
Monitoring
Rate of hip fractures in people aged 65+
Prevalence of overweight children (including obese)
31 Mar 18
23.1
Monitoring
Participation in activities for health and well-being
Number of leisure centre visitors
31 Mar 19
1,921,948
Monitoring
Number of visitors to libraries
30 Sep 19
908,538
Monitoring
Number of visitors to visitor attractions
30 Jun 19
176,710
Monitoring
Number of visitors to the Theatre Severn
30 Sep 19
203,546
Monitoring
Number of visitors to the Old Market Hall
30 Sep 19
71,630
Monitoring
Number of people participating in healthy walking scheme
30 Sep 19
1,389
Monitoring
Keeping people safe
% of retail premises broadly compliant with food hygiene standards
30 Sep 19
98.90
Monitoring
Number of people killed or seriously injured on Shropshire roads
30 Sep 19
161.6
Monitoring
A clean and attractive environment is maintained
% of household waste sent for reuse, recycling and composting
30 Sep 19
54.70
Meeting Target
Provide access to Shropshires great outdoors
Number of visitors to outdoor recreation facilities
30 Sep 19
708,625
Monitoring
The Council is improving energy efficiency
Number of households supported by the heat-savers programme
Amount of energy generated by Council solar panels
30 Sep 19
330,753
Monitoring