The Health and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Leicestershire County Council met on Wednesday 3 June 2026 to discuss a range of health-related topics. The meeting's agenda included reports on improving hospital discharge, progress on annual health checks for individuals with learning disabilities, and an overview of vaccination and immunisation programmes across Leicestershire.

Improving Hospital Discharge

A report from Healthwatch Leicester and Leicestershire was scheduled to be presented, detailing findings from work on hospital discharge. This report aimed to capture patient and carer experiences of recent discharges and included insights from visits to community hospital discharge wards. The purpose of this report was to provide independent insight into what is working well and where improvements are needed, setting out recommendations to support ongoing discharge and flow improvement across the system. The Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee was asked to note the findings and recommendations and support system partners in using the learning to inform ongoing improvement activity.

Learning Disability Annual Health Check Progress Update

The committee was scheduled to receive an update on the work of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Collaborative. This collaborative aims to increase the number of people with a learning disability, aged 14 and over, receiving an Annual Health Check (AHC) from their primary care provider. The report highlighted that people with learning disabilities experience significantly poorer health outcomes and a higher rate of avoidable deaths compared to the general population, and that AHCs are vital for early identification of unmet health needs. The report detailed progress in increasing the number of AHCs carried out, exceeding national targets, and noted LLR's selection as a national pilot site for a combined health check for severe mental illness, learning disabilities, and autistic people.

Vaccination and Immunisation Overview

A joint report from the NHS LLR ICB Vaccination & Immunisation team and the Director of Public Health was scheduled to provide an overview of life-course vaccination delivery across Leicestershire. The report was intended to outline current arrangements, recent activity, areas of challenge and improvement, and the future direction for vaccination services. It was noted that while early years programmes show high uptake, MMR two-dose coverage remains below the recommended threshold. Adolescent programmes show variability, and adult and seasonal programmes have lower coverage in at-risk groups and pregnant women. The report highlighted persistent inequalities in uptake across all programmes, with widening gaps in some cohorts. The system's response includes expanding flexible delivery models, strengthening primary care recall, and working with Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) partners to improve engagement and trust. Specific focus was given to the HPV vaccination programme, with uptake remaining higher among girls than boys, and the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination programme, where two-dose coverage is below the 95% threshold required to prevent outbreaks. The report also detailed vaccination programmes for Meningococcal Group B (MenB) and Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY), seasonal vaccinations for COVID-19 and flu, and outlined capacity-enhancing support through a Roving Healthcare Unit and a Supervaccinator Workforce.