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How do you know that your council is doing all it can to deliver on prevention?

The case studies in this report showcase different approaches to supporting the health of young people.

Drug-related deaths are rising and are a major concern to councils and our health partners. Deaths have increased sharply over the past five years and are now at their highest levels since records began.

Dorset County Council’s quality improvement have developed an excel spreadsheet system - RIFT - designed to allow the collation and analysis of information and intelligence on provider performance. This forms part of our adult social care markets and commissioning resource.

This survey was conducted by the LGA's Research and Information team between 16 June and 5 July 2017, on behalf of the LGA and Public Health England, in order to better understand the use of naloxone across local authorities, and to demonstrate how it is considered by local authorities as part of their response to drug-related deaths.

The Quality Assurance Framework sets out the approach that Herefordshire Council takes to ensuring local care and support services provide what individual residents need. It is a set of processes with one goal – to deliver high quality care and support services to the citizens of Herefordshire. This forms part of our adult social care markets and commissioning resource.

Surrey County Council has a quality assurance team of 4.5 quality assurance managers who undertake monitoring visits to care homes, home care providers and supported living schemes. This forms part of our adult social care markets and commissioning resource.

We have worked with the Chartered Institute for Public Finance Accountants and other key partners to develop a tool to support health and care systems with understanding and progressing their financial arrangements for integrated health and social care services.

Building on positive feedback from the sector, the LGA commissioned a refresh of the risk awareness self-assessment tool in 2016; and is now offering councils (and system partners) the option of an external, independently facilitated workshop to undertake the self-assessment along with local senior system leaders.

Our survey results strongly support the messages we have been hearing for months – STPs are largely excluding councillors from the STP planning process.