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Suicide prevention sector led improvement prospectus 2019/20 COVER

Suicide prevention sector-led improvement prospectus 2019/20

This sector-led improvement programme is an opportunity for councils and their partners to access leading expertise, learn from one another and share good practice.

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Local government social care data standards and interoperability COVER

Local government social care data standards and interoperability

Around the country many councils are working with people, providers of care, the voluntary and community sector and health partners to ensure that information is shared, and people’s needs met. In this paper you will read examples of where councils and other partners are working together to make this happen.

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Sexual health commissioning in local government

Sexual health commissioning in local government

The case studies in this report provide examples from around the country of councils collaborating, both among themselves and with CCGs and NHS England, to commission integrated services and improve the sexual health and wellbeing of their local populations.

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Prevention Matters Plus COVER

Prevention Matters Plus: Enabling councils to deliver their prevention plans, improving the health and wellbeing of local residents

As part of the Prevention Matters series, the LGA has developed an advanced one day training workshop to enable elected members to consider their progress in implementing their prevention plans.

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Collaboration and cooperation: sexual and reproductive health commissioning

Collaboration and cooperation: sexual and reproductive health commissioning

Examples of councils that have led the way in commissioning sexual health services.

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Must know: tobacco control

Must know: tobacco control

Comprehensive tobacco control is the best thing a local authority can do for public health.

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One year on the LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing COVER

One year on: the LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing

To mark the one year anniversary of our consultation, this new publication gives a number of perspectives on two broad issues: what is happening to adult social care on the ground and what life is like for people who experience care and support; and what the context is to the debate about the future of adult social care and where that might go next.

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What a difference a place makes: the growing impact of health and wellbeing boards COVER

What a difference a place makes: the growing impact of health and wellbeing boards

This resource captures the achievements, challenges and learning from 22 effective health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) across the country, all of which are making good progress on integrating health and care, improving wellbeing and tackling the wider determinants of health.

Public health transformation six years on: partnerships and prevention

Public health transformation six years on: partnerships and prevention

In 2019, despite the huge financial constraints facing public health and councils overall, public health teams have continued to do an excellent job across the whole spectrum of activity.

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System wide care and health peer challenge COVER

System wide care and health peer challenge flyer

A system wide care and health peer challenge involves a small team of peers spending time at a care, health and wellbeing system to provide challenge and share learning.

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Make It Local

To deliver priorities for the public the Government needs to #MakeItLocal

Make It Local

By the start of 2025, we will have had a general election. This is a moment of opportunity.

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