Publications

Local government action to tackle childhood obesity

Councils all over the country understand how the quality of housing affects the health and wellbeing of their residents. Poor housing costs the NHS at least £2.5 billion a year in treating people with illnesses directly linked to living in cold, damp and dangerous homes.

This document contains seven case studies of positive initiatives in local authorities around the country.

Giving children a healthy start in life is one of the most important jobs councils do and we all have a duty to make sure that children, along with their mums and dads, have access to the services they need.

This toolkit is part of the LGA's 'Healthwatch: On the Board' series, designed as a learning aid to support local Healthwatch representatives on their health and wellbeing board (HWB).

A multifaceted approach to tackling this issue appears in all local authorities' health and wellbeing strategies.

This briefing provides local councillors with a strong business case to address health related worklessness and promote workplace health in their local authority (LA).

The health visiting service plays a crucial role in giving children the best start in life and councils have embraced the opportunity to make a difference in this key development stage.

This manual brings together the arguments for a HiAP approach with practical suggestions for development at the local level.

Public health made the formal transfer to local government in April 2013 and has made great strides in the last four years to tackle the wider social and economic determinants of poor health by moving into a phase of transformational change.