Mental Health Crisis Concordat
24 March 2015
Research into how local authorities and their partners are planning and commissioning community based services to meet the needs of people experiencing mental health crisis.
Public health transformation
4 February 2014
This resource describes how public health in a number of councils has started to use the opportunities of a local government setting to improve health and wellbeing.
Vision for £3.8 billion integrated care fund
9 August 2013
The LGA and NHS England have today (9 August) published their planning ‘vision' for how the pooling of £3.8 billion of funding, announced by the Government in the June Spending Round, will ensure a transformation in integrated health and social care.
Development tool for health and wellbeing boards launched
10 September 2013
Health and Wellbeing Boards will be able to track their progress and effectiveness with an online self-assessment tool, launched today.
Better Care Fund
9 August 2013
The £5.3bn Better Care Fund was announced by the Government in the June 2013 spending round, to ensure a transformation in integrated health and social care.
The LGA is campaigning for an enhanced role for all councils and elected members; ensuring local democratic leadership of strategies and commissioning and building on our response to adult social care (Dilnot).
The LGA also aims to:
- provide support to local authorities and health and wellbeing boards on embedding and utilising the local health reforms, engendering future innovative practice
- develop the Health and Wellbeing System Improvement Programme, grant funded by the Department of Health, in partnership with NHS England, Public Health England, Healthwatch England, and the NHS Confederation.
- support Peer Challenge as a cornerstone of the system improvement programme, applying the sector led improvement approach
- bring together national and local stakeholders to develop a programme of exploratory and forward thinking health and wellbeing challenges.
In this section:
£5.4 million lottery funding to tackle inactivity
Sixteen schemes across the country have been awarded Sport England funding to help transform lives by supporting inactive people to get moving.
The role of culture and leisure in improving health and wellbeing
There is a vital role for culture and leisure to play in improving the health and wellbeing of local communities, helping tackle unhealthy lifestyles and the social determinants of health, offering cost effective and creative solutions and engaging with communities, families and individuals in managing their wellbeing.
Stockport's actiSport case study
actiSPORT is a new programme being delivered by lifeLEISURE in partnership with FitLinxx. This pioneering programme is combining innovative technology and behaviour change principles to target sedentary or obese people in Stockport.
Sporta and Sport England programme – ‘Make Your Move'
'Make Your Move' is a £2.14 million Sport England Lottery funded programme for Sporta member trusts who manage leisure and culture facilities and provide community development and health programmes.
Sport England/LGA sport portfolio member network events
Sport England and the LGA invite sport portfolio holders to join them at one of three workshops to share their concerns, challenges and solutions and hear how Sport England can help and support them.
Sing to Live, Live to Sing – Harnessing the power of music to improve community wellbeing
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Arts Service and Public Health teams collaborated on six weekly singing for health workshops in two areas of high social and economic deprivation.
Simply Connect! Libraries breaking social isolation
Northamptonshire County Council, working with LibraryPlus, is organising a one-day event entitled 'Simply Connect! Libraries breaking social isolation' showcasing examples of innovative practice of libraries helping to break social isolation.
Shortlist for City of Football
Sport England has announced the names of cities that have been shortlisted to become England's first 'City of Football', demonstrating a commitment to promoting all forms of the grassroots game.
Rochdale: An interview guarantee for ex-service personnel
Rochdale is leading the way in helping former service men and women make the shift back to civilian life.
Public health budget cut announced
The Chancellor has announced a series of in-year budget cuts, including a £200 million reduction in public health funding.
Integrated Care – Better Care Fund
The £3.8 billion Better Care Fund (formerly Integration Transformation Fund) was announced by the Government in the June 2013 Spending Round, to ensure a transformation in integrated health and social care. The BCF is a single pooled budget to support health and social care services to work more closely together in local areas.
Health and wellbeing peer challenge
Peer challenges are free to councils and health and wellbeing boards. They involve bespoke teams of peers from a range of organisations working on site with the council and its partners for four days.
Publications
NHS Health Check – frequently-asked...
16 September 2013
The local impacts of welfare reform
12 August 2013
Hepatitis: frequently-asked questions...
26 July 2013
More publications
Community Wellbeing Board
The Community Wellbeing Board has responsibility for Local Government Association's (LGA) activity in the areas of the wellbeing of adults, including health and social care. Board papers can be accessed from this link.
