Case studies

In 2012, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, through its Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB), created a short development programme. It was intended to bring a greater focus and coherence to the work being undertaken across the borough to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. The programme was designed to:

The Open University ‘Healthy Homes' research project was commissioned in 2014 by the Public Health and Regeneration teams in Milton Keynes Council as part of the evaluation of the Lakes Estate refurbishment programme for council owned properties.

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council ran an analysis showing costs of smoking and savings to be made by tackling it.

Following previous regeneration work Milton Keynes Council residents reported health, financial and other benefits.

Between 2007-2009 Chelmsford had the second highest level of excess winter deaths in Essex behind Brentwood. 

Hampshire County Council and the Isle of Wight Council procured an area profile of customers, using it to help increase motivation to stop smoking.

Norfolk County Council and NHS England's East of England team commissioned an integrated sexual health and HIV service for the county.

Haringey introduced a theory of change planning tool to support development of its early years strategy, working with stakeholders to identify change priorities.

London Borough of Lambeth has gone through a process of transformation to become a cooperative council, based on giving people more involvement in and control of the services they use and where they live.

Chorley Council has invested in a number of community action activities as part of the consideration of new service models, moving away from a traditional service delivery approach, to an integrated public services model.