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Community wellbeing
Changes in demand, demography and the economic downturn all make it tougher for councils to tackle inequalities in health and improve quality of life.
How we support community wellbeing
The LG Group lobbies on your behalf for:
- sustainable funding for adult social care, now and for the long term
- clarity about the leadership of and responsibility for adult safeguarding
- closer working between councils and the NHS, with joined up services for patients and service users
- continuing the successful drive for personalisation of adults’ social care.
We can help you through:
- peer reviews and challenges on adult social care, adult safeguarding, later life, learning disability partnership boards and healthy communities
- the outcomes-based accountability framework – how it can help you improve services.
“The programme gave me an understanding of the current strategic direction of health and social care. It has benefitted my council by really bringing into focus what the current issues are for us.”
Councillor Elaine Atkinson, Poole Borough Council
Examples of our work
Publications
A glass half-full: how an asset approach can improve community health and wellbeing – on the LG Improvement and Development website
Getting on well together: councils working with older people – on the LG Association website
Online forums and communities of practice (CoPs)
Reducing health inequalities through tobacco control CoP
Guidance and good practice
Ageing well – on the LG Improvement and Development website
North Yorkshire County Council’s telehealthcare improves quality of life – on the LG Improvement and Development website
Rise of the NEETs – on the LG Improvement and Development website
Healthy Communities resource – on the LG Improvement and Development website
Adult social care resource – on the LG Improvement and Development website
Adult services and health resource – on the LG Association website
Older people – on the LG Association website
Events and programmes
Adult social care lead member induction workshop – on the LG Improvement and Development website
Transformation of adult social care/safeguarding, scrutiny event – February 2011
Peer reviews – on the LG Improvement and Development website
Contact
Andrew Cozens
Strategic Adviser for Children, Adults and Health Services, Local Government Improvement and Development
Email: andrew.cozens@local.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7296 6192
For councillors
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Leadership Academy: adults', children's, health and wellbeing programme
This programme helps political leadership develop the skills to lead these services.
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'Must knows' for lead members of adults' services
A resource to help lead councillors in the successful delivery of their complex role.
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Regional networks for lead members
Established to give lead councillors the opportunity to share the experiences of developing adult social care and health services.
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Adult social care lead member induction workshop
An opportunity to discuss the key issues facing adult social care.
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Scrutiny toolkits
From the Centre for Public Scrutiny.
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