NHS Warwickshire’s Director of Public Health Annual Report Roadshows

Every year NHS Warwickshire’s Director of Public Health produces an Annual Report, outlining in detail the health of Warwickshire’s population. This year’s focus is on older people and John Linnane, Director of Public Health for NHS Warwickshire and Warwickshire County Council, will be running a number of roadshows following the publication of the report. The [...]

New figures published on Personal Insolvencies

The Office for National Statistics has just released figures on personal insolvencies in 2009 at the local authority level. Individual insolvencies are made up of bankruptcy orders, Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) and Debt Relief Orders (DROs), which were introduced in April 2009. The dataset can act as a further indicator of the impact of the [...]

Further Analysis on Warwickshire’s ‘Functional Economic Geography’ published

The Observatory has recently published a piece of additional research to gain some further insight into Warwickshire’s ‘Functional Economic Geography’. The research builds upon the July 2010 paper, ‘The Functional Economic Geography of the Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Sub-Region’ by Dave Hill (WCC) and forms part of a series of technical reports to inform Warwickshire’s [...]

Rugby Regeneration Strategy out for consultation

In 2009, the Observatory provided Rugby Local Strategic Partnership with an assessment of regeneration needs across the borough, analysing a broad range of deprivation and socio-economic datasets in order to identify priority communities. The LSP has adopted the recommendations in the Observatory’s report and is now consulting on a draft Regneration Strategy. For further details, [...]

Unemployment continues to fall (albeit at a slower rate)

Unemployment data released on Wednesday show the numbers of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Warwickshire continues to fall for July 2010 although at a slower rate than previous months. At July 2010, there were 9,396 JSA claimants in Warwickshire.  The graph in the briefing below highlights the continued fall in claimants from Autumn 2009. [...]

Partnership Place Survey 2009/10 – Borough/District Reports

The Warwickshire Observatory has released a series of reports analysing the results from the 2009/10 Partnership Place Survey. The five reports provide analysis for each district/borough and place local figures in a countywide context.  The findings from these reports will help partner organisations respond to local priorities and understand residents’ perceptions and concerns. Most importantly, the [...]

Place Survey now formally abolished

We reported on July 21st that the 2010 Place Survey had been postponed, and that the long-term future of the Place Survey was going to be examined by CLG. It was announced yesterday (August 10th) that the Place Survey has now been formally abolished, and that there is no requirement to report against the National [...]

Changes to the way Ordnance Survey data is provided

The Ordnance Survey will begin to provide mapping data to a broader range of public sector organisations under a single agreement.  As of April 2011, local and central government organisations, as well as NHS organisations, will now benefit from being part of a single agreement for Ordnance Survey data. This new agreement, known as the [...]

Consultation has started on the Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership Strategic Assessments

We have now commenced the consultation period for the Community Safety Partnership Strategic Assessments. Four documents will be produced in Warwickshire by the Warwickshire Observatory, one each for Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth, North Warwickshire and South Warwickshire. Consultation has now started with key stakeholders in community safety with a view to completing the Assessments by [...]

Pharmacy Needs Assessment consultation underway

The Warwickshire Observatory is helping NHS Warwickshire undertake a comprehensive consultaton exercise on the future of pharmaceutical services across the county.  The results of the survey will inform the forthcoming Pharmacy Needs Assessment, and we have asked 2,000 randomly selected residents to contribute their views along with 1,700 service users.  The Assessment will examine the current and [...]