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.
Self care creates a feeling of control and reduces anxiety for the individual. It improves their quality of life and disease outcomes and frees up the time of health and care staff.
This briefing provides local councillors with a strong business case to address health related worklessness and promote workplace health in their local authority (LA).
Childhood obesity has been described as one of the most serious public health challenges for the 21st century by the World Health Organization, while NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has dubbed it "the new smoking".
This year's compilation of case studies shows how local authorities continue to make progress on improving health and wellbeing and tackling health inequalities since public health was formally transferred from the NHS in April 2013.
This resource describes how public health in a number of councils has started to use the opportunities of a local government setting to improve health and wellbeing.
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BANES is one of the least deprived authorities in the country, but 20 per cent of the population lives in communities where there is deprivation, shorter life expectancy, increased prevalence of long-term conditions and poorer general health. Reducing this health inequality is an overarching aim of the health and wellbeing board (HWB).
A key objective of the LGA's 'Rewiring Public Services' campaign is to transform public services so that they prevent problems instead of just picking up the pieces.
Manchester Camerata, one of the UK’s leading chamber orchestras, works within health and social care to make music with community groups across Greater Manchester.