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Reaching Out

Reaching Out

This guide outlines the current loneliness policy context, uses a range of case studies to demonstrate effective local delivery models working in practice, and provides useful check lists and top tips on how to measure and evaluate outputs.

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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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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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Shaping healthy places: exploring the district council role in health COVER

Shaping healthy places: exploring the district council role in health

This publication presents case study examples showing how district councils have improved the health of their local areas.

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Improving the public's health: local government delivers

Improving the public's health: local government delivers

The changes to public health over the last six years should be seen as an exemplar of public sector reform.

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An effective custodian of the public’s health:  A collection of essays on six years of public health in local government COVER

An effective custodian of the public’s health

A collection of essays on six years of public health in local government

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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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