What is a Health Advocacy Service?
Health Advocacy services help people – particularly those who are most vulnerable in society – to:
access information and services regarding their healthcare
be involved in making decisions about their health and lives
explore choices and options available to them for their healthcare and treatment
defend and promote their rights, and speak out about issues that matter to them
make complaints about receiving treatment and...More
The National Highways and Transport Network (NHT) Public Satisfaction Survey collects public perspectives on, and satisfaction with, Highway and Transport services in Local Authority areas.
It is a unique, standardised, collaboration between Highway Authorities across the UK enabling comparison, knowledge sharing, and the potential to improve efficiencies by the sharing of good practice.
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Warwickshire County Council is proposing new ways to offer services and support to children and their families, and in particular children under 5.
If you use, or have an interest in these services, we want to know what you think of our ideas and invite you to take part in our public consultation.
This video provides further background.
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Warwickshire County Council (WCC) Public Health, currently commission local Healthwatch in Warwickshire. This service is currently provided by Healthwatch Warwickshire. The current service contract is due for renewal and therefore WCC are carrying out a consultation about this service with local people including key partners in health and social care, service users and their families and carers.
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Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities Information, Advice and Support. This independent service is also known as SENDIAS in Warwickshire. It used to be called Parent Partnership.
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This consultation is being undertaken to advise you of proposals concerning Campion School and to invite you to tell us what you think of the proposals. This is part of a statutory consultation process that Warwickshire County Council is managing in partnership with the Governing Body. The proposal is:
To increase the capacity at Campion School from just over 5 forms of entry to 7 forms of entry from September 2019. From September 2019, the published admission number (PAN) will increase...More
This consultation is being undertaken to advise you of proposals concerning Newdigate Primary School and to invite you to tell us what you think of the proposals. This is part of a statutory consultation process that Warwickshire County Council is managing in partnership with the Governing Body. The proposal is:
To increase the capacity at Newdigate Primary School from 315 pupils to 420 pupils (1.5 forms of entry to 2 forms of entry). The published admission number (PAN) will increase from...More
This consultation is being undertaken to advise you of proposals concerning Michael Drayton Junior School and to invite you to tell us what you think of the proposals. This is part of a statutory consultation process that Warwickshire County Council is managing in partnership with the Governing Body. The proposal is:
To increase the capacity at Michael Drayton Junior School from 512 pupils to 600 pupils (4 forms of entry to 5 forms of entry). The published admission number (PAN) will...More
This consultation is being undertaken to advise you of proposals concerning High Meadow Infant School and to invite you to tell us what you think of the proposals. This is part of a statutory consultation process that Warwickshire County Council is managing in partnership with the Governing Body. The proposal is:
To extend the age range of the school from 5 to 7 years old to 5 to 11 years old
To increase the capacity at High Meadow Infant School from 90 pupils to 210...More
The Home to School Transport Policy aims to provide guidance for parents/carers, young people and young adults on transport assistance available for pupils aged 3 -25 years of age.
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Warwickshire County Council is consulting on a proposed new Transport Policy for Adult Social Care customers. The Policy will replace the existing informal policies to provide transport routinely for customers who have been assessed as having certain social care needs which are eligible for funding from the Warwickshire Council.
The policy will introduce eligibility criteria for transport which take account of the national social care eligibility criteria introduced by the Care Act...More
From 1 April 2013, every Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) in England has a responsibility to publish a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). This statement summarises the need for pharmaceutical services amongst the population.
The PNA will look at the level of pharmaceutical services across Warwickshire and whether it meets the current and future needs of the local population. Where any potential gaps in service provision are found, recommendations will be made to address these within...More
It is time to update the Warwickshire County Council Education Strategy so that it reflects current challenges. An overarching vision for education in Warwickshire is needed so that one agreed strategy can guide the work of council and partners.
It will have one uniting and overarching purpose: to improve educational outcomes, and thus the life chances, of learners in Warwickshire.
The purpose of this Education Strategy is to set out clearly our aspirations and priorities for...More
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep Warwickshire safe. This is achieved in a number of ways; by fighting fires, attending road traffic collisions, rescuing people from floods, rescuing animals, working in schools and nurseries educating young people, carrying out Safe and Well checks for the most vulnerable members of our community, inspecting business premises, undertaking visual audits, advising local authorities on how to keep premises safe and...More
This consultation is being undertaken to advise you of proposals concerning Exhall Grange School & Science College (hereafter referred to as Exhall Grange School) and to invite you to tell us what you think of the proposals. This is part of a statutory consultation process that Warwickshire County Council is managing in partnership with the school’s Governing Body.
Countywide there is a growing demand for special school places and existing provision is at or approaching capacity. ...More
This questionnaire relates to housing related support services funded by Warwickshire County Council. These are services that work across the whole county and are funded to support vulnerable people to secure and sustain settled suitable housing that enables the service users to develop an appropriate degree of independence skills.
Housing Related Support is assistance to people who:
are 16 or over years old
who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or otherwise in...More
This Scheme focuses on delivering additional highway capacity and improved connectivity through the creation of a new 1.3 mile highway link between West Nuneaton and Griff Roundabout by opening the existing Bermuda Bridge over the A444. The bridge was constructed in 1974 and designed to accommodate two-way traffic flow but currently only pedestrians and cyclists can access it.
The original version of this Scheme was put forward in Summer 2014 and received...More
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) Public Health currently commission Fitter Futures Warwickshire.
This consultation provides an opportunity to share your views and experiences about the Fitter Futures Warwickshire services and comment on possible future provision. The findings will be used to shape the new services which will be implemented in 2019.
We value your input to ensure the services meet your needs and want to hear your views as a Warwickshire resident, a key partner or...More
The Polesworth School is undertaking a consultation to increase the published admission number (PAN) from September 2020 and formally recognise the Year 7 annual intake as 240 rather than 224.
There will be no substantive change to the overall size of the school. In addition the admission arrangements remain unchanged.
This is a consultation being undertaken by The Polesworth School with support from Warwickshire County Council
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We are consulting on the proposal to stop funding the dedicated Pride in Camp Hill (Pinch) team, based in the CHESS Centre in Camp Hill. We need to make this saving of £102k, in order to contribute to the overall One Organisation Plan (OOP) savings 2014-18 of £4.4m. In February 2017 Warwickshire County Council's Cabinet agreed the need to make savings, including reviewing support to Pinch.
We are seeking the views of local Camp Hill residents & businesses, our partners...More
Warwickshire County Council is consulting with the public, professionals and partners on the services provided through the School Health & Wellbeing Service to ensure they are fit for purpose, good quality and meeting the needs of children and families in Warwickshire. The service has been delivered by the third sector organisation Compass since the award of the current contract in November 2015.
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Warwickshire County Council is reviewing the community based Older People Day Opportunities Services that it provides. These are provided to people aged 65 years and over within their local community, this can often be in a building based setting such as a day centre. We currently have seven services:
Waverley Day Centre
inTouch Home Care
New Directions Rugby Ltd.
Khair in the Community (Nuneaton Muslim Society), ...More
We would like to share our ideas for Birmingham Road in Stoneleigh and ask for your views.
The ideas have been developed by the transport consultancy Atkins in conjunction with Warwickshire County Council, following the request of Stoneleigh & Ashow Parish Council to reduce the impact of traffic within the village.
Local residents will be asked to vote on a number of options for the Birmingham Road in order to assist the development of a potential future scheme. A...More
The following information explains why changes are being proposed, what the proposed changes are and how you can have your say about these changes.
What are child arrangement orders and residence orders?
A child arrangement order is a court order made pursuant to s8 Children Act 1989 that outlines the details and arrangements for children, including arrangements as to with whom the child shall live and with whom the child shall have contact. A child arrangement order may...More
Warwickshire County Council is consulting on the latest version of the Minerals Plan. This stage is known as the Regulation 19 consultation and is the final public consultation before the Minerals Plan is submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination. At this stage the plan is referred to as the Minerals Plan Publication.
The Plan was presented to the County Council’s Cabinet on 24th July 2018 and Full Council on 26th July 2018 ...More
The Director of Public Health has produced the 2018 annual report with a focus on social media and its impact on Warwickshire’s young people.
The report is available online at:
http://publichealth.warwickshire.gov.uk/annual-report/
This short survey is to gather information on how well the report has been received by anyone with an interest.
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It is time to update the Warwickshire County Council Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) & Inclusion Strategy so that it reflects current challenges.
An overarching vision for education in Warwickshire has recently been set out in the Education Strategy, approved by the Council. The SEND & Inclusion Strategy will have one uniting and overarching purpose: to improve educational outcomes, and thus the life chances, of learners with SEND in...More
We are currently updating our plans for how we support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. We would really like to hear the views of children and young people through this survey.
This survey can be completed online using the link below.
A Widget symbol version of the strategy is also available in PDF format (see below). This can be downloaded and used by schools or can be completed and returned to: Warwickshire...More
Warwickshire County Council is required to operate a coordinated admissions scheme. This allows Warwickshire residents to make a single application for places at their preferred school(s) and receive a single offer of a school place, whether or not this is one of their preference schools.
Warwickshire County Council is about to commence a consultation period relating to our admission arrangements for the 2020/21 academic year. As required by the School Admissions Code...More
The vision for Warwickshire is for all young carers in our area to be recognised and valued, and services to be in place to assist them in their caring role.
We aim to do this by providing a wide range of services including information, advice, training, emotional support and advocacy. Because public money pays for some of these services we have a responsibility to regularly review whether we are providing the best support for the money available.
This survey aims to...More