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Prevention: A Shared Commitment

This document identifies and collates key pieces of evidence about the cost effectiveness of prevention in order to develop the LGA's concept of a Prevention Transformation Fund. About 5 per cent of the entire healthcare budget is spent on prevention.

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Managing demand and delivering differently: responses to the assessment capacity challenge

The demographic and financial context in which the Care Act's reforms are being embedded demands that local authorities are pro-active in transforming their ways of working and business processes, to meet demand and capacity challenges.

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Practice guidelines for independent health complaints advocacy services

The LGA has worked in partnership with providers and commissioners of independent health complaints advocacy services to develop practice guidance for commissioning these important local services.

Behavioural insights and health

Behavioural insights and health

Councils are making use of behavioural insights to improve health.

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Combating loneliness

A guide for local authorities

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Public health transformation three years on

Extending influence to promote health and wellbeing

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Health and wellbeing boards engaging effectively with providers

Some short case studies exploring the different approaches that can be taken.

Tipping the scales

Case studies on the use of planning powers to limit hot food takeaway.

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Building the foundations - tackling obesity through planning and development

A series of themes and more specific elements that help to create healthy-weight environments

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The community pharmacy offer for improving the public's health

A briefing for local government and health and wellbeing boards

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Make It Local

To deliver priorities for the public the Government needs to #MakeItLocal

Make It Local

By the start of 2025, we will have had a general election. This is a moment of opportunity.

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