A joint project between Leicester City Council and the Department of Health/NHS East Midlands, funded through the East Midlands Improvement and Efficiency Partnership, has made positive steps towards helping people with mental ill health and learning disabilities live more independently within the community.

Developing cost effective housing solutions for people with learning disabilities across the East Midlands

A housing solutions programme led by the Department of Health East Midlands, sponsored by the East Midlands Joint Improvement Partnership and co-funded by the Department of Health East Midlands and each council, gained unanimous support from all nine local authorities with responsibility for Adult Social Care to reduce reliance on residential care for people with learning disabilities.

The quality of the local environment affects the public on a day to day basis, with levels of litter grime and graffiti contributing to an overall standard of cleanliness in an area. Local authority street cleansing services are responsible for keeping the streets in their area clean, and working with others such as private landowners and other local authority departments to maintain an acceptable level of cleanliness and tidiness.

Broxtowe Borough Council's street cleansing services provides good value for money. The service performs well against established national performance measures; the standard of cleanliness for litter, detritus, graffiti and fly-posting is above both the regional and national average, and residents are satisfied with the quality of their local environment, yet the cost of the service per head of the population is relatively low. this case study explores what drives this value for money position, with a focus on particular initiatives or ways of working that have enabled the service to achieve high performance levels and low spend.

The quality of the local environment affects the public on a day to day basis, with levels of litter grime and graffiti contributing to an overall standard of cleanliness in an area. Local authority street cleansing services are responsible for keeping the streets in their area clean, and working with others such as private landowners and other local authority departments to maintain an acceptable level of cleanliness and tidiness.

Blaby District Council's street cleansing services provides good value for money. The service performs well against established national performance measures; the standard of cleanliness for litter, detritus, graffiti and fly-posting is above both the regional and national average, and residents are satisfied with the quality of their local environment, yet the cost of the service per head of the population is relatively low. this case study explores what drives this value for money position, with a focus on particular initiatives or ways of working that have enabled the service to achieve high performance levels and low spend.