Poole's Public Services come under new spotlight

The CAA brings together the views of national watchdogs to give an overall picture of life in Poole. It gives residents an independent view of whether public services are effectively working together to identify and focus on what matters for where they live and assesses the progress made in tackling major local issues such as crime, affordable housing and people's health.

Green flags indicate exceptional performance and innovation that other public services could learn from and red flags signal significant areas of concern.

This first CAA of Poole awards a green flag for Poole's housing and advises that ‘Poole has done exceptionally well to meet its high housing need. It is one of the very few councils that has managed to meet government targets for house building in recent years and it has done this in areas that would have remained run down'.

There were no red flags for any local services.

Richard Dimbleby, Chair of Poole Partnership, said: "This new Comprehensive Area Assessment process has reviewed the performance and achievements of all the public services in Poole as well as the overall performance of Poole Partnership. We are delighted that this report is very complimentary about how Poole Partnership is improving services for people in Poole and also indicates ways in which we can improve even further on how we meet the needs of everyone in Poole in the future."

According to the assessment, Poole's economy is strong and partners are supporting businesses and vulnerable and unemployed people affected by the recession.

Full Press Release.

Read the full CAA report on Poole.

By Stefania Tarantino (Poole Partnership)

Posted: Thursday 10 December 2009

Permalink: http://www.poolepartnership.info/CAA-Press-Release-Dec09

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