MORE than £1.5m is to be spent on schemes to improve health and tackle inequalities across Teesside, over the next 12 months.
A further £804,000 will be spent on new developments, with £135,000 for drug prevention and £620,000 for smoking cessation services.
This is on top of money already allocated to the Teesside Health Action Zone (Haz) under the national deprivation funds scheme, comprising £675,000 to tackle drugs and £600,000 for elderly care.
Money for community-based schemes has been divided between Hartlepool, £224,489, Middlesbrough, £229,225, Stockton, £309,540, Redcar and Cleveland, £253,746 and Teesside as a whole £289,473.
Jim Wilson, Haz manager said: "Although much of the money is already earmarked for new projects or to continue successful projects under way, the Haz locality teams are always interested to hear of innovative schemes to improve health and tackle inequalities."
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