Alcohol is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the city
Health. Alcohol is also the main reason for people starting treatment at support centres for disorders relating to the consumption of psychoactive substances.
First carer cards issued
Social Services. The card is expected to reach as many as 355,000 people who care for others and can benefit from various free services.
Carer Card: a new tool for carers
Social Services. A pioneering initiative in Barcelona, the card offers resources and services to facilitate and recognise this often-invisible task.
Social benefits to guarantee eye health reach three times more people
Health. A new social pricing system enables people referred by social services to purchase glasses and contact lenses at highly reduced prices.
New chat offering free emotional support for young people
Health. The service operates around the clock, every day of the year.
Smoke-free beaches all year round
Health. The goal is to facilitate coexistence and create healthier spaces, with less waste and greater respect towards the environment.
Work under way to extend the Hospital del Mar
Health. An initial stage of roughly two months will see the old buildings demolished, clearing a space of 5,500 square metres, with the hospital continuing to provide healthcare throughout.
Reconnecting to combat loneliness
Inclusion. A new website is launched which brings together over fifty municipal services and a large number of facilities to combat unwanted loneliness.
Nearly 200 climate shelters to beat the heat in the city
Climate emergency. Some 95% of local people will have a climate shelter within ten minutes of their home to protect them from the high temperatures.
Boosting mental health care in the city
Health. The campaign “Talk about mental health” features the content creator and publicist Mara Jiménez and reminds people they have access to the free service Konsulta’m.
