A consultation was undertaken to collect feedback on the proposal to alter the age range at Long Lawford Primary School from 3-11 to 4-11 from September 2023. This would allow the nursery provision to be govenor led rather than a maintained nursery class providing creating flexibility in the early years offer
A statutory consultation was undertaken between 5 June and 2 July 2023, during which 5 responses were received. Of the 5 responses, 4 agreed with the proposal and one disagreed.
The outcome of the consultation and recommendation were presented to Cabinet 13 July 2023 and subsequently approved by Cabinet members - Cabinet report
WCC consulted on the proposed change in age range at the school from 3-7 to 4-7 from September 2023. This would enable the nursery provision to be governor led rather than classfied as a maintained nursery class increasing the flexibility of the early years provision offer
A statutory consultation was undertaken between 5 June and 2 July 2023, during which 2 responses were received. Both responders strongly agreed with the proposal
The outcome of the consultation and recommendation were presented to Cabinet on 13th July 2023 and subsequently approved by members - Cabinet report
The Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System focus is to address waiting times for a neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessment, including autism diagnosis. This includes finding ways to reduce waiting times for an assessment and improve the support available to people who are waiting for an assessment.
Two surveys were developed to seek views of people waiting for an assessment, those diagnosed with autism, and their family and support networks; as well as one for professionals; to find out more about what is working well and what could be improved in diagnostic and support provision.
The 2023 surveys were a repeat of the 2021 ones which were aimed at understanding if any change has been experienced by respondents, as a result of the new Autism Strategy implementation and increased resource targeted at reducing wait times and improving the offer of pre and post diagnostic support.
204 responses were received to the public survey and 102 to the professionals one.
Responses are being analysed which will inform ongoing commissioning activity for the Autism Strategy delivery.
A quantitative analysis of responses was completed. Qualitative feedback including comments made by respondents is being analysed. The responses will inform ongoing commissioning activity for the Autism Strategy delivery.
The Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System focus is to address waiting times for a neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessment, including autism diagnosis. This includes finding ways to reduce waiting times for an assessment and improve the support available to people who are waiting for an assessment.
Two surveys were developed to seek views of people waiting for an assessment, those diagnosed with autism, and their family and support networks; as well as one for professionals; to find out more about what is working well and what could be improved in diagnostic and support provision.
The 2023 surveys were a repeat of the 2021 ones which were aimed at understanding if any change has been experienced by respondents, as a result of the new Autism Strategy implementation and increased resource targeted at reducing wait times and improving the offer of pre and post diagnostic support.
204 responses were received to the public survey and 102 to the professionals one.
Responses are being analysed which will inform ongoing commissioning activity for the Autism Strategy delivery.
A quantitative analysis of responses was completed. Qualitative feedback including comments made by respondents is being analysed. The responses will inform ongoing commissioning activity for the Autism Strategy delivery.
Warwickshire County Council with the support of the rail industry is bringing forward plans for Rugby Parkway Station, located approximately 5km South East of Rugby adjacent to the A428 Crick Road at Houlton. Situated on the Northampton Loop of the West Coast Mainline between Rugby Station and Long Buckby Station. Rugby Parkway Station will offer access to the local and national rail network with two trains per hour in each direction.
An application for outline planning permission for Rugby Parkway Station has been submitted; you can view the application on Warwickshire County Council’s planning pages: https://planning.warwickshire.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WCHVARYLOGIN.display
Prior to the submission of the planning application, Warwickshire County Council undertook a four-week pre-planning public engagement exercise which ran from 23 January 2023 to 20 February 2023. The engagement provided an opportunity for residents, businesses and other stakeholders to find out more about the station project and have their say at an early stage of the design development.
Warwickshire County Council received 388 written responses either through the online Response Form, by e-mail or paper form completed at the drop-in engagement events. Responses received via e-mail or completed on paper copies of the Response Form were manually uploaded to be captured for analysis and reporting purposes.
A significant proportion of respondents (265 – 68%) indicated that they lived in Rugby Borough, 39 lived elsewhere and commute to/via Rugby (10%), 35 lived elsewhere (9%) and the remainder of respondents lived in neighbouring areas/counties.
Consultees were asked to indicate their level of support for the proposals presented. 229 respondents strongly agree/agree with the proposals (59%), 106 strongly disagree/disagree (27%), the remaining respondents are neutral or did not express an opinion.
Responses have been carefully considered by the project team and a report has been produced. Please click on this link to view this.
At this phase of the project development the design of the station is at a very early stage. The submitted application seeks outline planning permission with all matters reserved, except for access to the highway network. All matters other than access to the site from the highway network will be the subject of a subsequent application for reserved matters approval. The reserved matters include the appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale. The plans presented for the public engagement were developed in line with rail industry standards for a station of this type. Much of the detail will be the subject of planning conditions set by the local planning authority, these will need to be discharged by the local planning authority prior to construction/installation.
What happens next
An application for outline planning permission for the station has been submitted to Warwickshire County Council. As at May 2023 a statutory consultation process is underway which will allow residents, businesses and other stakeholders a further opportunity to comment on the proposals prior to determination. You can find view and comment on the application by visiting Warwickshire County Council’s planning pages during the statutory consultation period - https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/commentingonplanning
A Statement of Community Engagement has been submitted as part of the planning application, this describes in more detail the public engagement process and the feedback received.
Future updates on Rugby Parkway Station will continue to be posted to the project’s web page at: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/major-transport-construction-projects/rugby-parkway-station
We wished to obtain feedback on our draft Sustainable Futures Strategy and action plan before finalising the document. We considered this important as these issues will affect everyone that lives or works in Warwickshire. We want to ensure our Strategy is focussing on the right things. In particular:
Views on our ambitions and if you think we are ambitious enough
Feedback to help us to understand how to get more residents and other stakeholders involved
How best to collaborate and partner
The suitability of our action plan
Help us to understand if there are any barriers to making progress and, if so, what these are.
Funding and financing
The method of engagement was though a public survey open from 18th November 2022 to 15th January 2023. This was hosted online although paper copies of survey forms were made available if requested.
A series of externally facilitated focus groups were held in February 2023.
The public survey had no specific target audience as we wished to hear from all in Warwickshire, however due to the nature of the questions, this was best suited for people acting as residents.
The focus groups (7) were split into members from common audiences: Warwickshire based business; care, community, public sector, seldom heard (particularly the young), subject specialists; a residents group recruited through an expression of interest. An additional focus group for Warwickshire County Council Councillors was facilitated by Democratic Services.
There were 221 responses to the online survey. Of these 82.8% were responding as members of the general public, 5% as Warwickshire County Council employees, 4.5% as representatives of a local community or voluntary sector organisation and 3.2% as an employee of another public sector organisation.
Feedback was collected on each of the six sustainable futures themes.
Feedback was also collected on our delivery principles.
Each theme includes an objective. The following feedback was obtained on these:
We received multiple offers by experts, practitioners, academics and community volunteers to support the Council in refining the Strategy.
Key messages from the focus groups were:
Partnership, engagement and collaboration. A strong willingness in working with the Council to share expertise, knowledge and project experience and ultimately support the Council on the journey of the Strategy. There was some disappointment that engagement on the strategy had not begun earlier, and some have asked if there an opportunity to provide further comment on the draft Strategy. The development and sharing of the strategy has created an opportunity for a more joined up and ambitious approach for WCC to work in partnership with others.
2050 net zero target. Provide more granular breakdown of Warwickshire emissions to allow improved targeting. Not enough interim and long-term targets; The Council should set a ‘high ambition’ emissions target for Warwickshire for 2030.Include a metric for air quality.
Action plan for Warwickshire encompassing our 2050 target. There was an overwhelming response from the focus groups, individual responses, and several in the Councillor session relating to the absence of an area based action plan to meet the ambitions for each of the six themes across Warwickshire. Comments suggested this left the strategy ‘partial’, ‘generally vague’, lacking ‘a pathway to achieving the goals’, with ‘a lack of tangible targets and proper resourcing’ and giving concern as to ‘how we're actually going to achieve it’. “there is too much reliance on offsetting which is inadequate”
Funding: The overwhelming feedback recognises that access to finance will restrict our ability to meet our ambitions and goals. Some in the focus group fed back that bidding for grant money is complex, resource intensive and competitive (a point also made in the recent Mission Zero independent report for HM Government). Some suggested banks and industry have a role to play. Others recommended we bid jointly with others.
Strategy themes: Overall support although a need for relevant targets and frameworks to demonstrate how the goals can be delivered. We identified there may be challenges communicating the joint aims of the sustainable communities and green economy theme to our audience. Food was cited as a major omission and should be considered as a stand-alone theme. Others that climate change adaptation should be included. Also, that a seventh cross-cutting theme could be introduced to capture human capital, pooling knowledge, and bringing experts together.
Communications. It was clear from breakdown of respondents in the survey and the focus group recruitment resulted in disproportionate representation despite best efforts to gather views from all. It was fed back to us that there is work to be done to improve awareness of the strategy. Some members of the focus groups recognise the difficulty of appealing to some groups. These particularly include young people, students, people early in their careers and those with young families. We were also able to gather feedback on preferred communication methods.
Tone and language. One of delivery principles as drafted is ‘emphasise prosperity as a focus for sustainable growth’. This didn’t sit well with some. Additionally, there were reoccurring comments of this nature around the ‘deliver a strategy that is value for money’ principle. In these and similar instances, we will be reviewing how we communicate our approach to delivery.
The complete executive summary of the survey is published here
Key messages were summarised in Section 2 of the Cabinet paper
These findings and feedback will be closely considered in the development of a final Sustainable Futures Strategy due to be presented to Cabinet in November 2023. This will be augmented by additional feedback following a resolution to commence further engagement.
As a result of strong interest and engagement in the Strategy across Warwickshire, coupled with multiple offers to support the Council in refining the Strategy, it was recommended to Cabinet that further engagement be undertaken over the summer.
It was recommended that several theme-based expert panels be established with the specific aim of deriving shared solutions, understanding barriers and initiating collaboration. Taking advantage of these offers would also have the benefit of resulting in a strategy with improved stakeholder buy-in to the strategic aims and partnership actions and a strategy that has been subject to external scrutiny.
At Cabinet on the 15th June 2023, Councillor Heather Timms, portfolio holder for Environment, Climate & Culture applauded the strong engagement from various groups and the ambition to extend that work further. She gave an overview of the different stakeholder groups involved and the proposed establishment of expert panels to help to further develop this work. The aim was to present the draft strategy to the Overview and Scrutiny Committees in September 2023 before submission to Cabinet in the Autumn.
In resolving the matter, Cabinet:
1) Acknowledges the progress made since the approval for engagement of the draft Sustainable Futures Strategy in October 2022 and the stakeholder feedback.
2) Supports the establishment of theme based expert panels drawn from industry and Warwickshire communities to enable production of a final strategy and action plan; and
3) Requests that the draft strategy be considered by Overview and Scrutiny Committees in September 2023, and the Members’ Climate Emergency Group on 20th September 2023 for comment and any recommendations before consideration of the final Sustainable Futures Strategy and supporting action plan by Cabinet.
The Sustainable Futures Strategy Cabinet paper considered on the 15th June 2023 contained the following:
This paper was supported by Appendix 1: summary feedback and reasoning
A survey was required as part of the project evaluation For Our Spaces to explore place sentiment and to gain an insight into the response to public art interventions beyond social media commentary. (Our Spaces – Warwickshire County Council)
To make best use of this opportunity, the research questions were enhanced to enable responses to inform future projects within the place, projects and partnerships team.
The survey was complementary to the University of Warwick’s Getting Creative with Sustainablity programme. For more information on this click on the links below:
Warwick University - Assessing the social impacts of ‘Our Spaces’
Coventry City of Culture 2021 - Assessing the social impacts of our spaces
Key messages from the survey findings that will be applied to future project design include:
Information will be shared with local stakeholders including:
Other information will be used in the Our Spaces evaluation.
As part of our medium term work plans we will:
Warwickshire County Council undertook a public engagement to the proposed St John’s Junction Improvements scheme in Warwick Town Centre. Engagement took place in November/December 2022; feedback was requested via a public survey, in person drop-in sessions and an online Teams event. These results were reviewed, including open-ended comments and letter/email responses submitted to the council, capturing key themes.
A total of 326 surveys were received, mostly from Warwickshire residents, of whom 55% live in Warwick Town centre.
The key findings are;
Respondents are broadly supportive of the scheme objectives and agree with the scheme in principle. The feedback demonstrates a strong level of support for improving the area around St. John’s from an active travel, traffic management and environmental perspective, with just under two thirds of respondents either “agreeing” or “strongly agreeing” with the scheme objectives.
However, specific proposals of the scheme attracted a significant amount of negative feedback, particularly concerning the loss of car parking spaces. This may reflect the high level of car travel amongst respondents and level of parking usage at St. John’s. There is also a strong reaction from local shoppers and business owners, with existing concerns over the vitality of the town centre due to a lack of available spaces. Removal of parking, which is already at a premium, was generally not well received.
Many respondents offered suggestions such as better management of existing spaces, rather than reducing the overall number of spaces, would be beneficial and should be explored in more detail. Respondents were broadly supportive of providing a loading bay and more disabled spaces, however there were concerns that these would get abused without proper policing.
Respondents broadly recognise existing issues in the area in regards to congestion, rat running and the premise for reducing car parking and restricting turning movements in/out of the service road. However, many did not believe the scheme would have a material impact on active travel; indeed, key concerns included the mixing of pedestrians and cyclists, local road safety issues and potential loss of pedestrian priority at signalised crossings.
Local residents were also concerned by restricting turning movements onto St Nicholas Church Street from St. John’s service road but also from Smith Street, despite the latter not being included in the proposals. Congestion on Coventry Road and Coten End was raised by a number of respondents, with some thinking that this could get worse with the proposals. The introduction of signalised crossing garnered a mixed response, with a lack of consensus as to whether this would improve or exacerbate traffic flow problems.
WCC Response
Next Steps;
Our new local transport plan, LTP4, and supporting information were consulted upon for eight weeks from 24 Sep to 20 Nov. The consultation was open to all interested parties.
This followed a previous round of consultation in 2021 on the key themes of Environment, Well-being, Economy and Place which provided the foundation for the development of LTP4.
Running in parallel with the consultations a Citizens Panel was engaged in the evaluation and assessment of LTP4 throughout most of its development.
Just over 300 responses were received on the consultation on the draft LTP4 and these, together with the views of the Citizens Panel, a representative group of 30 Warwickshire residents, have shaped the production of the LTP document.
There has been broad overall support for the key themes of the new LTP: environment, well-being, economy and place. Respondents have placed particular emphasis on wishing to see the new Plan deliver environmental and personal well-being benefits through a range of transport interventions.
Click here to read the full consultation analysis report.
Key themes that emerged from the consultation processes included:
The views of the consultation and the Citizens Panel have informed the development of the final LTP4 document.
In response to feedback, next steps are to deliver on the strategic aims of LTP4 through the development of action and monitoring plans. These will provide greater detail both on individual schemes and more general transport interventions. Annual monitoring and reporting will provide evidence of delivery of the new Plan’s overall aim which is to decarbonise transport and provide a modern, sustainable transport network.
To read all the LTP4 related documents considered at Full Council on 25 July 2023 please click here.
We asked the communities of Warwickshire to share their views on our Prevention, Protection and Response Strategy 2022-27 which is one of the components of our Community Risk Management Plan.
There were a total of 465 respondents to the online survey, and 7 e-mails received containing views and feedback on the Prevention, Protection and Response strategy.
Overall, the strategy was strongly supported by the majority of respondents to the survey.
For every question, respondents were asked to give a reason for their answer. It is worth noting that a higher proportion of those who disagreed or strongly disagreed with the question elaborated on their response, compared to those who agreed or strongly agreed.
Click here to read the report considered at the Warwickshire County Council meeting on December 13th. This includes a copy of the full analysis report.
The Fire Authority considered the findings of the consultation and approved the Prevention, Protection and Response Strategy 2022-27 at their meeting in December.
The strategy will be implemented throughout the Service and will be reviewed annually by the Chief Fire Officer.
Click here to read the strategy.
We undertook three surveys as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA), all of which were targeted within Coventry and Warwickshire:
Public Survey – There were 1,601 responses to the public survey across Coventry and Warwickshire. The key themes from this included:
Pharmacy Survey – 161 pharmacies out of the 197 in Coventry and Warwickshire responded to the pharmacy survey. The results allowed us to see the provision of a wide range of services, which when analysed showed a good offering of services proportionate to need.
Formal Consultation – 34 people downloaded the PNA as part of this formal consultation, with 5 responding. Whilst the response rate to the formal consultation was low both Health and Wellbeing Boards are happy with the sight and opportunity given during the process for all key stakeholders. Key themes included:
Public Survey – following this survey the following actions took place:
Pharmacy Survey – Following this survey the provision of pharmacies was analysed and the conclusion made that there is a good spread of services across the county.
Formal Consultation – following the formal consultation the following was done:
The Coventry and Warwickshire Community Pharmacy Steering Group was asked to discuss the provision of End-of-Life Medicines. They discussed how commissioners currently have a set number of pharmacies they commission this service to and cannot exceed that number. This is being reviewed, and a supplementary statement to this PNA will be produced should this be changed. A recommendation on End-of-Life Medicines was expanded to reflect this.
The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2022 has now been published. Please click on this link to go to the website page.
The Service User Survey for current users of domiciliary care; their families, friends and carers; and members of the public sought to capture:
The level of responses was strong in absolute numbers – 249 responses prior to the closing date. This represents about 12 percent of current service users. Responses were received from all districts and boroughs in Warwickshire.
These responses highlighted areas of satisfaction with the current service provision as well as elements which could be improved:
Concerns identified with the current provision included timeliness of care calls (both in terms of calls being on time and the difference in time between calls) and consistency of carers (service users preferred to have the same care staff coming regularly).
The timeline for the retender has been amended due to a contract extension approval, therefore the new contract will come into force later than anticipated originally.
Survey feedback and comments were analysed and fed-back to senior management in all relevant teams via an evaluation report and presentation at the steering group in October 2022.
The issues identified have been discussed and will be considered as part of the tendering process at all stages. This includes design of the future service model to see how the strengths of the existing service can be retained and the weaknesses remedied.
People in Coventry and Warwickshire were invited to have a say on the region's approach to prevent suicide.
Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council are working together with other local organisations and services to create a new joint approach to providing information, services and support across the area to help prevent suicide.
A new strategy will outline how local organisations and services will work together to achieve the vision that no one in Coventry and Warwickshire ever feels that suicide is their only option.
Coventry and Warwickshire Suicide Prevention Partnership will use this strategy to make positive change and asked for opinions to ensure the approach will have a positive impact.
The following different engagement opportunities were made available as part of the development of the Coventry and Warwickshire Suicide Prevention Strategy:
Local strategic partnerships: a number of local partnership boards were engaged with developing the vision and approach for the Suicide Prevention strategy.
Stakeholder workshops: Through a series of workshops, local organisations and services told us that our approach to suicide prevention across Coventry and Warwickshire needs to:
Public engagement survey: This engagement process concluded that the strategic vision and priorities were largely consistent with what respondents felt was needed. There was an emphasis on societal risk factors and prevention at the earliest opportunity. Specific themes were identified in relation to:
Overall, our engagement activities concluded that there was overall agreement with the ambitions and priorities of the new suicide prevention strategy.
A significant amount of rich information was gathered from both organisations and individuals through this process. This will be used to inform the suicide prevention delivery planning process.
Where appropriate, the feedback from the public engagement survey will be reflected in the suicide prevention work programme, with specific actions developed in response to this.
The new Coventry and Warwickshire Suicide Prevention Strategy 2023-2030 was endorsed by both the Coventry and Warwickshire Health and Wellbeing Boards in January 2023. Please click on the links below for more information.
Warwickshire Health and Wellbeing Board: 11 January 2023. (Agenda item 6)
Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board: 23 January 2023. (Agenda item 8)
A further paper was submitted to Warwickshire County Council’s Cabinet in April 2023 to confirm the Council’s approval of the Strategy.
The published version of the Strategy is currently being finalised and will be available on the WCC website once published.
Coventry City Council and Warwickshire County Council invited people to take part in this survey to help to inform and shape future local sexual health services.
The survey focused on gathering feedback to shape the new service focussing on:
The survey was open to everyone, an additional Easy Read survey has been developed and is currently with key organisations.
There were 248 responses, of which 74.2% (184) were answering on behalf of themselves, 23% (57) as professionals and others on behalf of someone else or a group.
A good mix of people from Coventry and boroughs/districts in Warwickshire responded – 27.8% (52) Coventry, 5.3% (10) North Warwickshire Borough, 10.7% (20) Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough, 13.4% (25) Rugby Borough, 15% (28) Stratford-in-Avon District, 26.2% (49) Warwick District. In addition there were other people who responded from somewhere else or preferred not to say.
Of the responses, 47.1% had used services in either of the Local Authority areas, 40.1% have never used services, 5.9% used services in both Local Authority areas, 7% used services outside the Local Authority areas, 19.3% had not needed services, the other percentage covered other options.
Key messages when looking at barriers to accessing services included:
Additional information was gathered through open text box responses, this gave further insightful information.
The detailed report has been shared with colleagues in Coventry, the information will be used to support the Needs Assessment and be used to ensure the service model section of the Service Specification reflects the needs of the Local Authority residents.
A small number of written responses in the free text boxes have caused concern, these have been taken to the current service providers for immediate action.
All responses will be used in the building of the Service Specification which will become a public document on its completion.
Information will also be used to support the Needs Assessment.
Warwickshire County Council's Road Safety Education Team conducted this survey to identify current behaviours and attitudes towards active travel, and to learn how and why people walk and cycle, or why they currently don’t.
The aims of the survey were to:
The survey was designed to identify how best to support and enable Warwickshire residents to choose active travel as a mode of transport, and shape future educational interventions and campaigns. Responses from the survey will be used to help design a brand-new community campaign (#JustOneJourney) focussing on promoting active travel across Warwickshire, ensuring targeted and effective information and messaging.
The public were encouraged to take part in the survey through Ask Warwickshire and Facebook and Twitter promotion.
The survey received 863 responses from Warwickshire residents, with geographic representation from across Warwickshire. 6.72% were from North Warwickshire, 8.57% Nuneaton and Bedworth, 17.84% Rugby Borough, 41.14% Warwick District and 23.75% Stratford District. 31 responses were from non-Warwickshire residents who regularly visited Warwickshire.
Key information has been calculated from the number of respondents who answered the specific question.
Key statistics highlighted:
Key themes included:
The survey highlighted that for more uptake in walking and cycling in Warwickshire there needs to be:
In addition to quantitative data, qualitative data indicated that there are concerns when walking, which include cyclists on footpaths, vehicles parked on pavements and road users not adhering to the Highway Code.
This survey has helped us learn about Warwickshire residents' attitudes towards active travel and current travel behaviours. The findings from the survey have helped us develop and launch a new Safe and Active Travel website: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/warwickshire-safe-active-travel
The website has a variety of information and resources, developed in response to key themes highlighted in the survey. Including:
Next Steps:
The Road Safety Education Team would like to thank all members of the public who took the time to complete this survey and share their active travel experiences with us.
We asked for views on the proposal to extend the age range of Brownsover Community Infant School from 3-7 to 3-11 from September 2026. This would allow the School to change from a two form entry (2FE) infant school to a one form entry (1FE) primary school with the school offering year 3 places from September 2026. This would increase the school size by 30 pupil places from 180 places to 210 places.
A total of 78 responses were received. Of the responses received, 60% were in agreement with the proposal, and 40% disagreed with the proposal.
On 14th July 2022 Cabinet reviewed the report and approved the following recommendations:
1.Approves changing the age range at Brownsover Community Infant School from 3 to 7 to 3 to 11 with effect from September 2026
2. Authorises applying to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator in relation to the proposed reduction in the school’s Published Admission Number (PAN) from 60 to 30 from September 2023
3. Approves, subject to the approval of recommendation 1, that £0.965 million is added to the capital programme to deliver the scheme outlined in section 1, funded from Department for Education capital grant and developer funding.
4. Authorises, subject to the approval of recommendation 3, the Strategic Director for Communities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Education to invite tenders and enter into the appropriate contracts on terms and conditions considered acceptable to the Strategic Director for Resources, to make the necessary funding arrangements for these schemes.
Cabinet meeting report can be found here
We carried out engagement to hear from Warwickshire residents and Health and Lifestyle Professionals about different delivery ideas and models for the new physical health service.
The engagement was in relation to:
The aim of the engagement was to learn about future delivery ideas, how best to support Warwickshire residents to lead a healthier lifestyle, and how to ensure smooth referral pathways for Health Professionals.
There were two separate surveys, one for Warwickshire Residents and a second for Health and Lifestyle Professionals. Both surveys took place between 2nd April and 8th May 2022 and was hosted on Warwickshire County Council’s Ask Warwickshire consultation hub.
We received 956 responses in total. With the Health and Lifestyle Professional survey, 48% worked for the NHS Trust. With the Warwickshire resident survey, 53% were from South Warwickshire, 30% Warwickshire North and 17% from Rugby.
Key statistics highlighted the following:
Lastly, additional delivery methods need to be considered beyond face to face, such as virtual workshops, online chat functions, and telephone behavioural guidance.
This engagement has provided an understanding of Warwickshire resident’s and Health and Lifestyle Professional’s views and opinions towards differing delivery approaches for the new physical health service.
The findings from the surveys will help define the new service, such as;
Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts and experiences with us.
We carried out engagement to hear from Warwickshire residents and Health and Lifestyle Professionals about different delivery ideas and models for the new physical health service.
The engagement was in relation to:
The aim of the engagement was to learn about future delivery ideas, how best to support Warwickshire residents to lead a healthier lifestyle, and how to ensure smooth referral pathways for Health Professionals.
There were two separate surveys, one for Warwickshire Residents and a second for Health and Lifestyle Professionals. Both surveys took place between 2nd April and 8th May 2022 and was hosted on Warwickshire County Council’s Ask Warwickshire consultation hub.
We received 956 responses in total. With the Health and Lifestyle Professional survey, 48% worked for the NHS Trust. With the Warwickshire resident survey, 53% were from South Warwickshire, 30% Warwickshire North and 17% from Rugby.
Key statistics highlighted the following:
Lastly, additional delivery methods need to be considered beyond face to face, such as virtual workshops, online chat functions, and telephone behavioural guidance.
This engagement has provided an understanding of Warwickshire resident’s and Health and Lifestyle Professional’s views and opinions towards differing delivery approaches for the new physical health service.
The findings from the surveys will help define the new service, such as;
Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts and experiences with us.
Following publication of the Warwickshire Bus Service Improvement Plan in October 2021, a statutory consultation was carried out on the Warwickshire Enhanced Partnership (EP Plan); and Warwickshire EP Scheme 1.
A total of 252 responses to the consultation were received, of which, 231 no. were from the public and 21 no. were from either statutory consultees, County Councillors, local organisations or businesses. The key highlights taken from the analysis of the consultation responses were as follows:
A total of 78.2% of respondents either agreed or strongly agreed with the vision for improving local bus travel in Warwickshire presented in the Warwickshire EP Plan;
A total of 8.8% of respondents either disagreed or strongly disagreed with the vision for improving local bus travel in Warwickshire, with the key themes influencing their response being as follows:
In general, there was a strong level of support for each of the planned measures within EP Plan, i.e., more frequent and reliable bus services, cheaper and easier fares and provide a more comprehensive bus network, which is easier to understand and use.
A total of 64.3% of respondents either agreed or strongly agreed that the draft EP Plan will improve local bus travel in Warwickshire, assuming all the planned measures can be delivered.
A total of 45.4% of the respondents were ‘not sure’ or ‘didn’t know’ whether they were happy that the processes and governance set out were adequate for delivering the EP Plan.
On the 10 March 2022, WCC Cabinet considered a report which included the outcomes of the consultation. A series of recommendations were made in response to the feedback received through the consultation exercise. After receiving feedback from the DfT on the draft Warwickshire EP Plan, County Council officers will seek to include these recommendations when modifying the EP Plan in the phase of the action plan starting after the EP is brought into effect in April.
The recommendations included in the report were as follows:
After considering the report WCC Cabinet Cabinet made the following decions:
To read the consultation feedback report and other papers in full please click on this link.
A six-week engagement was held to seek feedback and comments on the draft Coventry and Warwickshire's Living Well with Dementia Strategy. This took place from 21st September to 31st October 2021.
We engaged with people living with dementia, carers, volunteers, the general public and professionals across Coventry and Warwickshire. A range of ways to give feedback was offered, including through completion of an online survey and through in-person engagement (including one to one conversations, small groups, and larger groups).
We asked people how strongly they agreed or disagreed with the vision for the strategy, and specifically about each of the six priority areas in the strategy. We also asked some additional questions including about support for carers and how easy (or not) it was to understand the strategy.
85 people responded to the survey
253 people with dementia and carers took part in the in-person engagement. This included 38 people with dementia, 84 carers of people with dementia, 131 people involved in mixed groups of people with dementia and carers.
4 emails providing feedback about the strategy were received.
The key themes were that:
The majority of negative comments were in relation to whether there was enough funding to achieve the strategy and that more detail was needed about how the strategy would be achieved.
The engagement reports (one from the survey and one from the in-person engagement) are available in the 'Results updated' section below.
To respond to feedback from the engagement, the strategy will be developed in the following ways:
The next steps will include:
The aim is to publish the strategy in late Spring 2022.
Updates about the Strategy will be provided on Warwickshire's Living Well with Dementia website: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/dementia