South Som Area Highways Office / E: / T: 0300 123 2224
Report Pothole/Road Defect / E: / T: 0300 123 2224
Report Dead Animal on Road / E: / T: 0300 123 2224
Neil McWilliams – Highways Service Manager / E: / T: 0300 123 2224
Mike Fear – Assist Highways Service Manager / E: / T: 0300 123 2224
Garry Warren – Traffic Engineer. Traffic & Transport Development / E: / T: 0300 123 2224
Gully Emptying/Road Sweeper / E: / T: 01935 462462
Nick Allen –SSDC Ranger Scheme / E: / T: 01935 462462
Highways & Maintenance Contacts
Adults & Children Contacts
Report Adult at Risk / / T: 0300 123 2224T: Emergency: 999
Report Child at Risk / / T: 0300 123 2224
T: Emergency: 999
Childrens Social Care Social Worker out of hours Emergency Duty Team / T: 0300 123 2327
Fostering and Adoption / / T: 0800 587 9900
Useful Websites
/ / T: 01935 462462/ Useful website - all travel in Somerset
SCC website / / T: 0300 123 2224
/ Useful website for road works info
/ SCC Facebook page
Improvements to Delayed Transfer of Care: Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of
State for Health has written to congratulate and thank Somerset County Council
for the work that has been done to reduce delays in people leaving hospital –
Delayed Transfers of Care to give it’s formal title. SCC’s improvement is the best
in the country. In the words of the Minister, an “exceptional improvement and
remarkable achievement”.Building on this recognition, SCC are about to launch a new “Home First” policywhich will work with partners to further speed up safe discharges fromhospitals. This is a national priority and the “Better Care Fund” money (£11m) isdependent upon further improvements..
Adult Social Care Providers: The Care Quality Commission will report shortly
that Somerset will have no care facilities rated as inadequate with over 87%
being good or outstanding. This reflects month on month continuous
improvement and will make Somerset close to being the national leader in this
area. This has been achieved by the Council working very closely with suppliers
of care, carefully monitoring their performance and helping where appropriate.
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA): This year’s JSNA carried out by the
County Council’s Public Health team looks in detail at the issue of ageing well and
highlights the importance of maintaining good health, social contacts and
personal independence. Somerset has an ageing population with one in five
residents now being over the age of 65, but many will still experience poor
health, as they get older. The report looks at what people can do to age well and
how Somerset as a County can improve the life experiences of older people.
Healthy Weight: Public Health commission Zing Somerset to deliver support to
those most in need of help to reduce and manage their weight. This includes
people in the deprived communities, children and families. Alongside Zing there
have been various small grants to grass roots organisations to deliver specific
projects for people in need. The website
details a variety of options in more detail for Somerset residents.
Smoking in Pregnancy: The national figures on the stop smoking service
provides an opportunity to compare performance locally with both the South
West region and nationally for our Mums2Be Smokefree service. Of the 504
women in Somerset who set a quit date, 292 reported as quitting or 58%
compared with 46% nationally and 48% for the South West.
Children’s Social Care: OFSTED recently visited SCC for their final preinspection
monitoring visit. The focus this time was on the leaving care service
and support for children with disabilities. Formal feedback is awaited but once
again comments were favourable on the clear progress being made. The full
OFSTED inspection is expected to take place in the autumn.
Mind Of My Own: Children in care and children’s services staff at SCC have been
praised for leading the way in implementing technology to get young voices
heard. Organisation MOMO (Mind Of My Own) was set up to help children and
young people have a say in the care they receive. It offers a blend of technology,
social work and children’s rights expertise to create apps that children can use
on their own or with a worker or carer for communication and preparing for life
after leaving care
Work experience opportunities: It is really important that young people
leaving care have the opportunity of work experience or an apprenticeship. If
local companies or organisations are willing to assist please let HR at SCC know.
Please try to make a difference!
Highways Finger Posts: Documentation which has been drafted following
consultation with SW Heritage Trust to enable communities to maintain the
finger posts themselves has now been published:
restoration-project/
SCC has also set up a mobile phone app to enable the volunteers to carry out esurveys
on the fingerposts in their Parishes.
Travel Somerset: Somerset County Council’s traffic and travel service has
proven a hit as it celebrates its first birthday. The mobile-friendly website,
available at has been accessed by more than 100,000
in its first year and @TravelSomerset, tweets regular live alerts to its 2,824
followers.
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP): SWP has appointed a new Managing
Director; Mickey Green will be starting in the autumn. He brings a wealth of
enthusiasm and drive for this exciting but challenging sector.
Recent Press Releases:
Full articles available at
GCSE Students Hard Work Celebrated
Take a walk on the brisk side and improve your health
Identity theft reaches epidemic levels.
A378 reopens early after essential flood prevention work
Yeovil library turns 30
Planning ahead for major drainage work in Glastonbury
All the best on A Level day
Simple checks keep drivers on track
Red Ensign flies at CountyHall: The Red Ensign is flying at County Hall today in recognition of Merchant Navy Day this weekend.
Somerset County Council is joining local authorities across the country in flying the flag, raising awareness of the UK’s on-going dependence on Merchant Navy seafarers and remembering the wartime sacrifices they made.
The Second World War broke out on 3 September and every year since 2000 this date has been marked as Merchant Navy Day. The flag will be flying at County Hall until Monday.
Gearing up for Somerset Moto Fest2017: Test your riding and driving skills at a fun road safety event with activities for the whole family taking place near Yeovil next week.
Somerset Moto Fest 2017 is a completely free event run by Somerset County Council’s road safety team and held at the Fleet Air Arm museum on Saturday and Sunday 9-10 September from 10am to 4pm.
Attendees will receive a discounted entry to the museum as well as meeting with main motorcycle and car dealerships, training organisations, DVSA, Highways England, emergency services, cycle dealers and various demonstrations.
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