The councilman of Social Welfare, Juan Carrion, has reported that the municipal Social Services Primary Health Care, have experienced a significant increase in their activity during the months of January to October 2009 over the same period last year, in line with increasing social problems of the residents of Totana.
The mayor has estimated, by reference to the school's own statistical records on 1,716 users who have benefited from these services and resources offered in various ways, representing an increase of 26 percent over the same period the previous year.
The people served mostly belong to the group of older people (41.86 percent), also taking special importance households served (19.80 percent) and persons with disabilities (16.61 percent) and a large number of immigrants living in Totana (16.42 percent).
In addition, it has also treated people belonging to other sectors of the population, such as children, women, youth, immigrants, mentally ill, ethnic minorities, prisoners, former prisoners and drug addicts, in response to the character of universality that distinguishes the social services primary care, as noted by the mayor.
With regard to the resources used, it is noteworthy that the majority, 47.21 percent, have resulted in the neighbors provide adequate information, guidance, assessment and where necessary, the mobilization of resources to meet your situation of need, especially those related to public social services system.
However, there is a large number of users, a total of 497, equivalent to 29 percent of the population served, who have been focused on resources related to the coverage of basic needs.
"This data is an indisputable indicator of the impact of economic crisis, since it contrasts sharply with the one reported for the same period last year, in which the distribution was very different, as were 200 people who were guidance on this type of resource, accounting for 17.26 percent of the total care period, "said Carrion.
Finally, the mayor pointed out that in the period between January and October 2009 from the Social Work Units have opened 601 new cases, "a figure that represents another increase over the same months of 2008, in that were 386 new cases, "the mayor.
Also, Carrion Tudela has highlighted the effort by the Department at the time to address this public demand, it being appropriate reorganization measures implemented technical and professional.
These measures have been such as the simplification and streamlining of administrative procedures, increased citizen involvement in them, the introduction of criteria of versatility in the roles of professionals, empowering tools for coordination, management and labor group and the new distribution of geographic areas and points of attention and civic engagement as well as its increase.
In this regard, stressed the strengthening of decentralized health care areas in districts such as El Paretón.
