Benidorm will join Xarxa Salut of the Valencian Community for the promotion of health among citizens

The Councilor for Health of Benidorm City Council, Ana Pellicer, is going to submit to the next ordinary plenary session, corresponding to January, a motion proposing the adhesion of Benidorm City Council to Xarxa Salut of the Valencian Community, a network of participating municipalities to the V Health Plan with the commitment to develop different actions to promote local health among citizens.

Ana Pellicer explained that this Plan "aims to improve the level of health and reduce health inequalities in our society, with concrete actions from the Administration and with citizen participation." Likewise, the councillor has detailed that among its objectives are those of "promoting healthy living environments and habits" so that the health system "is capable of adapting to the dynamics and needs of society."

Being part of this Xarxa Salut implies, among other things, inclusion within an information and relationship group created by the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces to share information, initiatives and good practices in the development of local policies regarding the promotion of health, from a participatory and equity perspective. For this reason, the Councilor for Health has considered that for Benidorm “it can be very beneficial to be part of this Xarxa and be able to interact with other localities, make proposals and learn about the positive things that are being done in other places and that we can adapt to our city. ”.

After the formalization of the adhesion to this project and the appointment of the head of the municipal Health Department as a coordinator, as proposed in the motion, in the following stages the preparation of an evaluation report on the health and safety situation is planned. map of the assets that promote health in the locality, prioritizing the main problems and/or needs, both objectively and those perceived by professionals and citizens. Once this report has been written, the following steps include the approval of specific actions to improve the general situation as well as continuous evaluation to know and verify their effectiveness or not.

Likewise, as a member of the Xarxa Salut, the municipality will be able to access different public subsidies to develop these and other actions to promote health in its municipal area.