Editing Salford (section)

==Public services==
Under the requirements of the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835|Municipal Corporations Act, 1835]], the County Borough of Salford was obliged to appoint a [[Watch Committee]] to establish a police force and appoint a chief constable.<ref>Jenifer Hart, ''Reform of the Borough Police, 1835–1856'' in ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 70, No. 276, (July 1955), pp.&nbsp;411–427</ref> On 1 June 1968 the Manchester and Salford city constabularies formed the [[Manchester and Salford Police]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/0/EAC0D05C283F269880257176003ABF1F/$file/GMPHistoryto74.pdf |title=A History of Policing in Manchester 1839–1974 |access-date=23 July 2008 |publisher=Greater Manchester Police |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018070247/http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/0/EAC0D05C283F269880257176003ABF1F/%24file/GMPHistoryto74.pdf |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 1974, [[Home Office]] policing in Salford has been provided by the [[Greater Manchester Police]]. The force's "(F) Division" has its headquarters for policing the [[City of Salford]] at Swinton, with further police stations in Little Hulton, Higher Broughton and Salford.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/0/EDB5628964A2AE15802572AD003AD03B/$file/salford.pdf |title=Local policing in the City of Salford 2007–2008 |publisher=gmp.police.uk |author=[[Greater Manchester Police]] |access-date=21 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224235835/http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/0/EDB5628964A2AE15802572AD003AD03B/%24file/salford.pdf |archive-date=24 February 2009 }}</ref> The [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|Statutory emergency fire and rescue service]] is provided by the [[Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service]], whose headquarters are on [[A666|Bolton Road]] in nearby [[Pendlebury]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/about-us/contact-us/find-our-headquarters.aspx|title=Find our Headquarters|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|author=[[Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service]]|access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080314012828/http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/about-us/contact-us/find-our-headquarters.aspx |archive-date = 14 March 2008}}</ref>

Salford Royal Hospital dated back to 1830 and was extended in 1911. It was closed and converted into flats.<ref>{{Harvnb|Manchester Evening News Staff|2007|p=30}}</ref> The modern [[Salford Royal]], at Hope, near the boundary with [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]], was opened in 1882 as the Salford Union Infirmary.<ref>{{Harvnb|Cooper|2005|p=162}}.</ref> Later renamed Hope Hospital and then again as Salford Royal,<ref>{{Harvnb|Cooper|2005|p=84}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Profile of Salford Royal |publisher=Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |url=http://www.srht.nhs.uk/about-us/trust-profile/ |access-date=10 November 2007  }}{{dead link|date=January 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> it is a large [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] hospital administrated by Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. In a 2006–07 review of all 394 NHS Trusts in England by the [[Healthcare Commission]], Salford Royal was one of 19 to be rated excellent in its quality of services and its use of resources.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Annual Health Check: 2006/2007 |url=http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/_db/_documents/Annual_health_check_national_overview_2006-2007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913104457/http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/_db/_documents/Annual_health_check_national_overview_2006-2007.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2008 |publisher=Healthcare Commission |access-date=15 February 2008 }}</ref> The [[North West Ambulance Service]] provides emergency patient transport. Other forms of health care are provided for locally by several small clinics and surgeries.

Waste management is co-ordinated by the local authority via the [[Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.gmwda.gov.uk/|title=Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA)|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|author=[[Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority]]|year=2008|access-date=8 February 2008}}</ref> Salford's [[distribution network operator]] for electricity is [[United Utilities]]; there are no [[power station]]s in the city. United Utilities also manages Salford's [[drinking water|drinking]] and [[waste water]].<ref name="UU">{{Citation|url=http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=4188&ID=1417|title=Salford|publisher=unitedutilities.com|author=[[United Utilities]]|date=17 April 2007|access-date=22 February 2008}}</ref>