Innovation in local government is about improving the lives of the people in our
communities. Browse through our case studies to see the many innovative programmes councils are involved
in.
The City of Wolverhampton Council's public health team has strengthened school-age immunisation uptake through partnership working with the School Age Immunisation Service.
Between February and April 2024 Kirklees Public Health Commissioned Community Champions to carry out a programme of work to increase MMR uptake in low uptake communities.
In response to rising measles cases nationally and falling childhood vaccination coverage, Blackpool Council worked with NHS and community partners to strengthen local MMR catch-up activity.
Public health professionals from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Councils engaged with young people (aged 16 to 24) at three local colleges through facilitating participatory workshops to enable them to express their own ideas for the best ways to raise awareness of the HPV vaccine. This resulted in development of a youth-led engagement plan outlining ways to encourage young people to engage with the HPV vaccination catch-up offer.
Decreasing the incidence of vaccine-preventable disease is a core public health priority. Following a local measles outbreak in Leeds, Leeds City Council Public Health, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England led a targeted, community-centred programme to strengthen vaccination awareness across the life course, build confidence and increase uptake in communities experiencing inequalities.
Wiltshire has generally high vaccination coverage however, this masks pockets of lower uptake at a community level. As a large, predominantly rural county with diverse communities, there was a need to better understand the drivers influencing vaccination attitudes and uptake across population groups. In response, Wiltshire strengthened system working using a whole systems, insight led approach, commissioning research and using the Wiltshire Immunisation Group to coordinate action. This identified differences in access and attitudes and informed a targeted action plan to support more effective, place based interventions to improve uptake and reduce inequalities.
Like many areas nationally, Hull has faced ongoing challenges with childhood vaccination uptake, particularly with Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination.
The Suffolk Office of Data and Analytics (SODA), a collaboration between Suffolk’s Local Authorities, Suffolk Constabulary and local NHS Organisations, has developed a collaborative, analyst-led community to support the use of coding tools such as R and Python across local government and partner organisations.
North Northamptonshire is a largely rural unitary authority in the East Midlands. It emerged from local government reorganisation (LGR) on 1 April 2021. The council has established a performance and intelligence team, which provides bespoke data analysis and reporting support for adult social care, children’s services, education, and corporate services.
Nottingham City Council developed its first Best Start Strategy (2025–2035) through co production with partners, parents, caregivers and children to tackle inequalities and improve outcomes from pre conception to age five, using data and lived experience to shape a child centred, preventative approach.