Local leadership, new approaches: how new ways of working are helping to improve the health of local communities

Author(s)

PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND

Publisher(s):

Public Health England

Publication year:

2015

Examines how local authorities and health teams are working together to improve the health of local communities through prevention and early intervention. The report features seven case studies. Each one describes a particular programme or close partnership between a local authority and local public health or health care teams, often with the additional support of the voluntary sector. Each initiative focuses on a specific area and/or set of activities, including: integrating wellbeing; transforming the food culture in schools; helping people stay in their own homes; GPs linking people to other sources of support; healthy homes and housing conditions; promoting public health in schools; and active living. (Edited publisher abstract)