Council Leicester
Performance Percentage of looked-after children who had their annual health assessment
Leicester council has improved dramatically the number of looked-after children receiving annual health checks, after the authority recognised it was having problems completing the assessments.
In 2006, the percentage of looked-after children who received an annual health check stood at 68 per cent, significantly below the national average of 83.2 per cent.
Steve Bond, the council's children's services manager, says the turnaround, which led to 96 per cent of children receiving their assessment in 2009, has been down to hard work and persistence.
"Sixty-eight per cent wasn't good enough," he says. "We put senior managers and resources into solving the problem."
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