Local Government Association

• The Cumbria and Lancashire Public Health Collaborative worked with the LGA to review its work on gambling harm
• With money due from the gambling levy, the collaborative wanted to make sure it was in a strong position to maximise use of the extra resourcing
• The collaborative say the support they received has given it a platform to build on and are now planning to implement some of the learning

• The LGA has run a series of workshops for both members and officers at Croydon Council to build a health in all polices approach
• More than 100 people have been involved and now closer links between the public health team and other departments are being developed
• Croydon praised the LGA support, saying the experts brought real credibility and expertise

• The Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative has been working on suicide prevention for more than a decade
• The LGA has provided support over two phases, helping the collaborative to re-shape its approach to the issue
• Lead Director of Public Health says help has given the collaborative ‘brain space’ to reflect and adapt

• LGA experts worked with the Isle of Wight Health and Wellbeing Board over a three-month period
• One-to-one interviews and workshops were held covering how the board worked, neighbourhood health and working with communities
• Director of public health reports the support helped ‘lift the gaze’ of the board as it entered a crucial new phase

• Director of Public Health requested LGA to support efforts to re-develop the health and wellbeing board after it had ‘drifted to the margins’
• A three-week intensive round of one-to-one interviews with board members and a workshop helped to pave the way for an overhaul
• Plans now being put in place to take board meetings out into community settings, refresh the membership and set up key priority workstreams

• LGA experts were brought in to review how health and wellbeing board was operating
• Board has now been overhauled with a streamlined set of priorities
• Meetings have been taken on the road in a bid to engage community

A group of organisations set out the importance of recognising the role social care plays at every level of society ahead of the 2024 General Election.

Feedback report: 5-7 March 2024