Solihull succeeds in first area assessment

Solihull has been awarded its first Comprehensive Area Assessment which assesses how well your local services are working together to improve the problems affecting your community.

The assessment looks at how well the council, police, health organisations and housing bodies are improving issues that are important to residents. This includes cutting crime, improving housing, helping people improve their health, or supporting people and businesses to weather the recession.

Alongside the area assessment, the Audit Commission has also published its Organisational Assessments (OA) for councils and fire authorities, which have received a three out of four rating – performing well. These assessments feed into the overall area assessment but focus on the performance and value for money of individual public services, as well as how effectively they work together.