You said, we did

Date: 6 June - 31 July 2022

We asked

Looking after a person that you care about is something that many of us want to do. Caring can be very rewarding, helping a person develop or re-learn skills, or simply helping to make sure your loved one is as well and supported as they can be.

The draft Joint Carers Strategy 2022-2025 sets out a shared vision and priorities for recognising, valuing and supporting carers by Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, Rutland County Council and the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The strategy reflects recent legislation and national guidance with regards to the role and duties of Local Authorities and NHS bodies towards carers. The strategy also seeks to respond to the issues related to caring that have been highlighted locally and set out how the partners signed up to this strategy will work together to address these.

You may recall last year we asked for your help to review the carers strategy and provide information on key areas important to you.  The responses we received highlighted which priorities people feel are important within the strategy, and what areas require further focus. This information can be viewed under the header Carers strategy review spring-summer 2021.

What are we consulting on? 

We are consulting and seeking feedback on the refreshed Joint Carers Strategy 2022-2025 and Leicestershire’s action plan. We are seeking feedback about our priorities and our commitments in relation to those priorities.

The draft strategy sets out 8 key priorities to support carers across LLR to continue in their caring role and to maintain their own health and wellbeing, these are:

• Carer identification
• Carers are valued and involved
• Carers are Informed  
• Carer friendly communities
• Carers have a life alongside caring
• Care with Confidence  
• Carers can access the right support at the right time
• Supporting Young Carers

Each of these is explained fully in the strategy along with the proposed actions.

Each partner will support these key priorities through their own individual action plans, based around their carers offer.

Additional information

Strategy and consultation summary    PDF,  422 kbOpens new window

LLR Carers Strategy    PDF,  489 kbOpens new window

Draft action plan    PDF,  296 kbOpens new window

Carers Strategy - easy read format    PDF,  11.25 mbOpens new window

What happens next

After the consultation closes in July, we'll analyse the results and share with cabinet and residents in autumn 2022.

Date: 4 May - 26 July 2022

We asked

Leicestershire County Council launched its consultation on Leicestershire’s 2045 Net Zero Strategy and Action Plan for 12 weeks from May to July 2022. The purpose of the consultation was to:

a)    Inform residents and stakeholders about climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions urgently 
b)    Invite residents and stakeholders across Leicestershire to have their say on the draft strategy and action plan
c)    Test agreement between the priority objectives and themes
d)    Openly discuss working together to deliver the net zero target, build productive relationships and invite others to pledge support 
e)    Hear diverse views on carbon reduction actions 

The Strategy takes a long-term view – looking ahead to 2045, setting out the end goal of net zero carbon by 2045 with interim targets and outlines how we intend to do this. The Action Plan includes what the council will do and where it aims to inspire and involve others such as businesses, organisations, and residents.

The key themes of the draft strategy and action plan, which were consulted on, include:

• Reducing carbon emissions generated by transport
• Reducing energy use in buildings – plus improving energy efficiency and adding new renewable energy generation
• Supporting businesses to go green and grow the low carbon economy
• Supporting communities to tackle climate change
• Increasing the removal and storage of carbon in natural systems like soil and forests

Also see supporting documents below.

What happens next

The outputs of the consultation are currently being reviewed to help shape the final 2045 Net Zero Strategy and Action Plan. Once available, the consultation summary will be available to download under Supporting documents and this page updated to demonstrate what you said and we did.

In the meantime, you can view the draft Net Zero Strategy and Action Plan below. 

While the consultation is now closed; you can still get in touch with us via netzero@leics.gov.uk to share your ideas about how we can achieve Net Zero Leicestershire. 

Supporting documents

Draft Net Zero Strategy and Action Plan    PDF,  1.8 mbOpens new window

2045 Strategy and Action Plan Consultation Summary    PDF,  332 kbOpens new window

Date: 8 June - 13 July 2022

We asked

Next of kin may receive an additional invitation to complete another survey for deaths which occurred in hospital between 1 June and 31 August.

Your views will help us to assess the current and future health and social care needs for local people in this stage of life and can be used to improve how the councils provide health and social care services for residents.

As part of this work, we have developed a survey to help better understand the experiences and priorities of those who:

• have experienced a bereavement within the past 3 years
• either currently or have previously been a carer for a friend or family member nearing the end of life
• currently work as a formal carer for someone approaching the end of life, or in end of life/palliative care services

As well as contributing to the JSNA, feedback that we receive may be used by Leicestershire and Rutland County Councils in other pieces of work aimed at improving the support available for those nearing the end of life, their loved ones, and those delivering care.   

Your responses will be stored in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Where you have shared your experiences, responses may be used in the JSNA chapters and other work in the form of anonymous quotes to help illustrate key issues that have been highlighted through this piece of engagement.

We recognise that this survey covers sensitive and emotional subjects, so please feel free to stop and leave the survey at any time (please note though that you will be unable to save your progress if leaving the survey). If you feel that you require support, please consider visiting the Dying Matters website which provides a wealth of information on matters relating to topics discussed in this survey. This includes providing contact details for sources of carer and bereavement support.  

What happens next

We aim to complete the JSNA on 'End of Life' by Autumn 2022, after which they will be made publicly available.

Date: 28 February - 21 April 2022

We asked

The three local Health and Wellbeing Boards are asking people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland for their views on pharmacy services and usage.

The survey will help the NHS to plan for the future and ensure that local pharmacies offer high quality and accessible services. We are also interested in your views on how pharmacy services can be improved. 

What you tell us will inform the three Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Every three years, pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs) are carried out around the country to ensure that local community pharmacies –“chemist shops” - are meeting the pharmaceutical needs of local people. There will be a formal consultation in summer 2022.

What happens next

The responses to the survey will inform the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, helping to ensure that local pharmacies are able to provide the services that local people need.

We will be formally consulting on the PNA this summer, which will be announced via our social media and Current engagement page.

Date: 31 January 2022 - 25 April 2022

We asked

The strategy examines what happens to your recycling and waste and how this can help reduce climate change and save raw materials.

The way we view ‘waste’ has changed. It is no longer something to just get rid of, but is potentially a valuable resource to be retained and reused or better still avoided altogether. Using the resources from waste can help to reduce the raw materials we need for producing new goods, which in turn has environmental, social and financial benefits.

The strategy has 11 pledges that sit alongside the government’s proposed national changes to waste collections in order to meet the 65% national recycling target by 2035.

The draft pledges include:

• supporting and encouraging waste prevention
• delivering reuse services
• separate food waste collections
• reducing waste sent to landfill to less than 5% by 2025

Each pledge is explained further in the full strategy and summary documents:

Summary of Draft Resources and Waste Strategy 2022-2050    PDF,  298 kbOpens new window

Draft Resources and Waste Strategy 2022-2050    PDF,  1.4 mbOpens new window

Options Appraisal    PDF,  3.4 mbOpens new window

Environmental Report    PDF,  3.3 mbOpens new window

What happens next

We will report the results back to the Leicestershire Waste Partnership and each council will feed back through their own decision-making processes over the summer and autumn 2022.

Date: 1 November 2021 – 18 February 2022

We asked

The council consulted a wide range of stakeholders including council officers and elected members, citizens, community groups and partners to identify the extent to which there was agreement with its long-term vision for Leicestershire and its priorities for 2022-26. The consultation included a public survey, interactive presentations including live polls and direct engagement through meetings and focus groups.

You said

The public survey received 259 responses, and further direct engagement with council officers through an interactive presentation led to further 200 responses. There were also many more responses received from stakeholders through direct meetings and focus group sessions. There was a high level of support for the council’s vision (79% of public survey respondents agreed with the outcomes and only 10% disagreed). The outcome with the least, albeit still substantial, support was the ‘Strong Economy, Transport and Infrastructure’ outcome (68% survey respondents agreed and 17% disagreed). The reasons for this are set out in Appendix A. 

There was a suggestion to reduce the length of the document and to add further clarification around what the council is specifically aiming to achieve over the next four years. 

Some suggested that the Plan should more clearly differentiate between those aspirations for which the council would have the lead responsibility, and those where it would have a contributing/partnership role; specifying which partners it would work with to deliver the actions in the Plan.   

Some highlighted concerns that the ‘Clean and Green’ outcome, which reflects the council’s aspirations to protect the environment and tackle climate change, may not be entirely compatible with the ‘Strong Economy, Transport and Infrastructure’ outcome, which sets out its vision to have a productive, inclusive and sustainable economy and infrastructure which meets the demands of a growing population and economy. This appeared to be primarily due to concerns that there would be housebuilding in greenfield areas. 

We did

There were several key findings from the consultation which are outlined in further detail in Appendix A. Key changes made to the Plan in response include:

• The length of the Plan has been reduced by removing unnecessary text (wordcount reduced by 25%) and images have been added to enhance the visual appeal of the document.
• To help clarify what the council is aiming to achieve by 2026, each sub-outcome now includes, under ‘how we will measure success’, the performance indicators which will be monitored to identify if each aim is being achieved. Each sub-outcome also includes a summary of current performance which provides a benchmark against which to measure future progress. 
• The Plan also now refers to specific partners which the council will need to work with to deliver certain actions. Additionally, the Plan highlights examples of effective collaboration which the Council intends to build on, such as work with district councils during the Covid-19 pandemic to establish community hubs to support the most vulnerable people.
• The sub-outcome around housing has been removed, with the council’s actions to support housing development shown instead to support the sub-outcome around infrastructure (7.2).
• The Introduction/Foreword now acknowledges the challenges involved in supporting economic growth whilst achieving a ‘Clean and Green’ future for Leicestershire and highlights how the council intends to achieve this. Additionally, further actions have been added to the Plan to show how the council intends to work with partners to enable and promote sustainable transport and encourage and support environmentally-friendly businesses and the development and adoption of low-carbon technologies.

View the full Cabinet papers for the Strategic Plan.
 

Date: 1 November 2021 – 18 February 2022

Whilst the official survey is now closed, you can still get in touch with us to give your views and help with the development of the Council's Approach.

We asked

Our communities make living and working in Leicestershire special. They are vital to supporting our health and wellbeing and provide many of the opportunities for people to contribute and support others. The Covid-19 pandemic showed how powerful community action can be and how much can be achieved by the skills, strengths and resources of communities.

The county council is committed to collaborating with, and working alongside, Leicestershire Communities and this commitment is central to our Communities Approach which sets out our proposed way of working with communities over the coming years.

The key principles of this Approach are:

• Prevention - how the whole council works towards providing preventative and self-help support
• Engagement - building trusting relationships to collaboratively define and design local solutions
• Catalysts - supporting voluntary organisations and town and parish councils to provide local services and activities

Supporting documents

Draft Communities Approach 2022-2026    PDF,  3.3 mbOpens new window

Communities Approach 2022-2026 - easy read    PDF,  3.7 mbOpens new window

If you need help reading the document, or still want to give your views, please email communities@leics.gov.uk or call 0116 305 7743.

What happens next

You will be able to find out about the feedback the council received and read the Cabinet Report and final document. They will be available on this page in Spring 2022.

Date: 20 January - 20 February 2022 (Engagement 1)

• Map based forum engagement on draft cycling and walking networks for the Loughborough area and south of Leicester area

Date: TBC 2022 (Engagement 2)

• Engagement on Draft Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs)

We asked

In 2021, following the adoption of our:

Cycling and Walking Strategy    PDF,  3.1 mbOpens new window

Action Plan    PDF,  471 kbOpens new window

we are now in the process of developing Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans for county towns and the urban areas surrounding Leicester City. The Loughborough area and south of Leicester area are our current areas of focus.

During the first engagement, we asked for feedback on the draft key cycling and walking networks for the Loughborough area and south of Leicester area through a map based forum. 

We invited feedback on:

• The draft key cycling and walking network, eg. were there key routes missing that lots of people currently use, or could use if improved, or did you feel a change to a route was needed.
• Comments on types of infrastructure improvements you would like to see on the cycling and walking network – eg. dedicated cycle lanes, junction improvements, benches etc.
• Other feedback you thought would be of value in developing the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans for these areas

Feedback on these draft plans will be used to help shape the final Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) for these areas. These plans set out the vision and priorities for cycling and walking improvements in these areas to create convenient and practical cycling and walking networks to help and encourage people to travel more sustainably. 

You said

For our map based forum engagement for the Loughborough area there were over 800 visits to the engagement portal with 158 comments, and for the south of Leicester area there were 750 visits and 114 comments. These comments included lots of useful enthusiastic feedback on the draft networks, and the infrastructure people would like to see in these areas.

You will be able to see a summary of the comments given as part of this engagement following further detailed analysis.

We did

Feedback received is being considered alongside the data evidence collated as part of the LCWIP development process, to help shape and create an updated network plan and identify potential concept plans of infrastructure for inclusion in the final draft LCWIP.

There will be further opportunity to provide feedback on the final draft LCWIP later in 2022, and a summary of engagement will be available to view on this page.