The Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust are holding a public consultation from 16 June until 5 October 2008 on the future of community health services.
The review covers the future for community hospitals walk-in centres and GP services in Leicestershire and Rutland.

To download the consultation documents, find contact information and a list of consultation meetings, please click on the title of this news item.

The Co-operative Group will be holding a series of public exhibitions for people to find out more about the eco-town development. The exhibitions are designed to provide everyone with an opportunity to see more detail on the proposals and to help them to make an informed judgement.

Dates and venues are as follows:

􀂃 Tuesday 10 June, The Three Swans, High Street, Market Harborough

􀂃 Wednesday 11 June, Parklands Leisure Centre, Wigston Road, Oadby

􀂃 Friday 13 June and Saturday 14 June, Exhibition Marquee (being set up on the "Christmas Party site"), off Gartree Road

􀂃 Monday 16 June, Leicester Tigers Rugby Club, Aylestone Road, Leicester

The exhibitions will be taking place from 11.00am to 8.00pm.

Visit www.ecotownforleicestershire.coop/ where all published consultation papers are available for downloading along with further information for local people.

Leicestershire County Council will hold two public meetings, which will be hosted by the Leader of the County Council, David Parsons, and local MPs David Garnier and Alan Duncan.
* 9th June at 8pm, Gartree School, Oadby
* 12th June at 8pm, Coplow Centre, Billesdon
Please come along to hear more about Pennbury and to have your say.

Please click on the title of this newsitem for a
* full overview of consultation meetings and opportunties to find out more and have your say about the Eco-town proposals in June 2008.
* links to relevant websites

There will be a residents meeting dedicated to the Eco Town proposal taking place at the Cedar Suite, Parklands Leisure Centre, Wigston Road, Oadby, Leicester.

The purpose of this meeting will be to publicise the consultation and give you an opportunity to ask questions that you want the Council to get the Government and the Co-op to answer.

There will be no representatives at this meeting from either the Government or Co-op.

Numbers attending will have to be limited for safety reasons.

For further information contact:

www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk or Email: ecotown@oadby-wigston.gov.uk or Tel. 0116 2888961

Additional information on how the County Council is responding to the Ecotown proposal can be found by visiting www.leics.gov.uk/index/ecotown.htm