Case studies

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council's communications team reviewed existing data across different council departments to grow its subscriber base to over 75,000 residents.

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 council and partners in Durham took an inclusive approach by ensuring that the main NHS providers were included in the decision-making process in order to drive improvements in health and wellbeing and to add value to the current way of working and to ensure a more coordinated patient pathway.

The LGA provided leadership support and development for Sandwell Health and Wellbeing Board during May to September 2012. The support identified the following challenges:

Nottinghamshire County Council improved resident satisfaction with council services as a result of implementing a new email system in October 2013.

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.

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