Local Government Association

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Restore active travel funding for councils

Sexual health services at risk of breaking point

2023 Local Government Apprentice of the Year announced

Restore active travel funding for councils – LGA on NAO report into Active Travel England

It is disappointing that councils have seen an unexpected £200 million cut to their budgets for active travel projects

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Inclusive entry-level positions

Barnsley Council’s ‘inclusive offer’ creates opportunities for young people who need extra support to benefit from work.

Adult social care assurance: the return of regulation and the role of elected members, 6 June 2023

Presentations from this event are available here.

Sexual health services at risk of breaking point: LGA responds to UKHSA statistics on new STI diagnoses

These new statistics continue to show that local council-commissioned sexual health services are at risk of breaking point, with rising demand coming at the same time as real terms cuts to funding

Population Intervention Triangle toolkit

Place based approaches for addressing health inequalities, material developed by the LGA and Public Health England.

LGA response : CIPFA Survey – “Impact of the Move to Improve the Reporting of Infrastructure Assets including a (possible) move to a Depreciated Replacement Cost Measurement Basis”.

This response has been cleared by the leading members of the LGA’s Resources Board.

Winter preparedness including discharge to assess implementation

Introduction: offer of system support

The Better Care Fund Team, Local Government Association and NHS England and Improvement programmes including

Better Care support offer

The Better Care support offer is delivered through a range of national and regional streams.

Better Care Fund bespoke support programme

The LGA

Workforce capacity

Resources that help local government employers with workforce staffing and management practices, which support their corporate objectives.

A councillor’s workbook on facilitation and conflict resolution: setting out useful advice and tips for councillors

Workbook on facilitation and conflict resolution.

Roundtable: What are the opportunities for local government to boost participation, consultation, and engagement in project planning and local policy making through digital democracy?

Achieving integrated care

The 15 actions prioritised in this resource draw on evidence about what works from international research, emerging best practices and engagement with

Six principles to achieve integrated care

We recognise that integration is not an end in itself but a means to deliver better health and wellbeing outcomes through effective, streamlined

System transformation and integration

The LGA has long supported joining up services across place in order to meet the needs of a society with increasingly chronic and complex health and care needs. Integrated care has developed significantly since the implementation of the Better Care Fund in 2013 which required the NHS and local government to create a local single pooled budget.

Local Government Association

Introduction: offer of system support

Better Care Fund bespoke support programme

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