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Local Leadership Framework for Councillors

The purpose of this framework is to support councillors in their local leadership role as they work with local communities to make a difference. It includes suggestions, prompts and further resources to help you think about the skills you use as a councillor.

Publications

Local Leadership Framework for Councillors

Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities 2023/24

It is disappointing that the Public Health Grant allocations for 2023/24 have been published so late (15 March). With two weeks away from the start of the financial year and councils are only just being formally told how much money is being made available for councils to tackle costly public health issues such as sexual health, drug and alcohol services and stop smoking services.

Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities 2023/24

Devolution bulletins

Find here the regular LGA’s Devolution Improvement and Support Bulletin.

Devolution bulletins

South West: Increasing Uptake of PrEP in Under-served Groups

Councils across the South West have pooled budgets to carry out research into why certain groups are not coming forward for the HIV-preventative treatment PrEP. The findings of the exercise are now being used to run a social marketing campaign which will be tailored towards those groups and individuals who are least likely to come forward to access PrEP. PrEP is a pill which prevents infection with HIV by stopping the virus from replicating.

South West: Increasing Uptake of PrEP in Under-served Groups

Portsmouth: Creating a Network of Contraception Champions

Portsmouth’s sexual health workforce has been upskilling frontline staff from other services to have healthy conversations about sexual health and in particular pregnancy planning. Staff including midwives, health visitors and social care workers have all received tailored training.

Portsmouth: Creating a Network of Contraception Champions

Staffordshire, Stoke and Telford and Wrekin: the Benefits of Joint Tendering and Economies of Scale

Commissioners from Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent and Telford and Wrekin councils worked together to jointly tender for sexual health and HIV services. The move has had a variety of advantages, allowing the three areas to benefit from economies of scale and better partnership working with each other and the provider for the benefit of the patients.

Staffordshire, Stoke and Telford and Wrekin: the Benefits of Joint Tendering and Economies of Scale

Improving Access to Contraceptive Services

Women across Liverpool have easier access to a range of services, including contraception, thanks to a network of clinics, hubs and pharmacies. It has ensured that no woman in the city is more than a 15-minute walk from a contraception service.

Improving Access to Contraceptive Services