Healthy, prosperous lives for all: the European Health Equity Status Report

"The Health Equity Status Report (HESR) is a comprehensive review of the status and trends in health inequities and of the essential conditions needed for all to be able to live a healthy life in the WHO European Region."

Healthy, prosperous lives for all: the European Health Equity Status Report
World Health Organization
2019

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A vision for population health

"The report outlines a framework for population health centred on four pillars: the wider determinants of health; our health behaviours and lifestyles; the places and communities we live in; an integrated health and care system."

A vision for population health: Towards a healthier future
D Buck, A Baylis, D Dougall, R Robertson
The King's Fund
November 2018

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Local authorities: Prevention in action

"Since our last report, there have also been some significant changes to the way health and social care services are planned. Every locality in England now has a sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) and plan, which are critical to transforming health and social care at a local level. For this year’s report, we have taken the new opportunity to assess prevention in STPs as well as repeating a review of joint health and wellbeing strategies and local authority Freedom of Information (FOI) responses."

Prevention in action: How prevention and integration are being understood and prioritised locally in England
O Field
British Red Cross
September 2017

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Improving the health of the public by 2040

"Over the coming decades, the UK population will face a wide range of complex health challenges and opportunities, many of which can only be fully addressed through strategies to secure and improve the health of the public as a whole. This report explores how to organise our research environment to generate and translate the evidence needed to underpin such strategies."

Improving the health of the public by 2040: Optimising the research environment for a healthier, fairer future
The Academy of Medical
September 2016

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2016 Health Profiles

Public Health England has published the 2016 Health Profiles. The Health Profiles provide a snapshot of health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using a range of charts and text. They pull together existing information in one place and contain data on a range of indicators for local populations.

Access them here.

Gardens and health: Implications for policy and practice

"This report looks at the impact of gardens and gardening on health and wellbeing, and explores what the NHS and the wider health and social care system can do to maximise this impact."

Gardens and health: Implications for policy and practice
D Buck
The King's Fund
May 2016

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At the heart of health: Realising the value of people and communities

"This report explores the value of people and communities at the heart of health, in support of the NHS Five Year Forward View vision to develop a new relationship with people and communities."

At the heart of health: Realising the value of people and communities
NESTA
February 2016

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Growing healthy communities: The Health and Wellbeing Index

"The purpose of this report is to help stakeholders – NHS providers and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities, health and social care providers, housing associations, fire authorities and the police – to improve collaboration through a better understanding of the correlation between the economic, social and environmental health determinants and health outcomes within their locality."

Growing healthy communities: The Health and Wellbeing Index
Grant Thornton
October 2015

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Shared principles for redesigning the local health and care landscape

"This document builds on previous work by NHS England’s Planning and Delivering Service Changes for Patients which offered good practice guidance to health commissioners on developing proposals for major service changes and configuration. Our five key principles are for use by the whole system. It aims to provide local system leaders – local authorities, health and wellbeing boards, clinical commissioning groups, NHS and care providers and patients and the public – with shared principles to ensure that service redesign meet a number of fundamental requirements to assure themselves, their partners and their communities that proposals are focused on improving services and health and wellbeing outcomes."

Shared principles for redesigning the local health and care landscape
Local Government Association
September 2015

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Rethinking the public health workforce

"The report highlights the ‘early adopters’ in the wider workforce. These are the occupations who are already engaged with the public’s health, are enthusiastic to do more and should be acknowledged for their part in prevention. Examples include Fire & Rescue Services, Health Trainers, Allied Health Professions (12 distinct professions who make up 6% of the NHS workforce), Community Pharmacy, and Housing Associations. These occupations equate to over three quarters of a million people."

Rethinking the public health workforce
Royal Society for Public Health
July 2015

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A vision of a people-powered knowledge-powered health system

"The changes to healthcare imagined in this paper would add up to a fundamental shift in how people understand health and who is responsible for managing it. By 2030, there may be new kinds of knowledge, new ways of using it and new kinds of people involved in health support and services."

The NHS in 2030: A vision of a people-powered knowledge-powered health system
J Bland, H Khan, J Loder, T Symons, S Westlake
Nesta
July 2015

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Asset-based approaches in health care

"The title, ‘Head, hands and heart’ refers to a well-known asset-mapping technique, in which participants are asked to respond to three questions: What knowledge do you have? (‘head’); What skills do you have? (‘hands’); What are you passionate about? (‘heart’).

The report introduces the theory and practice of asset-based approaches, explores some of the key principles for developing health assets and the evidence and mechanisms of impact on health outcomes of asset-based projects in the UK. It also identifies areas for further investigation."

Head, hands and heart: asset-based approaches in health care: A review of the conceptual evidence and case studies of asset-based approaches in health, care and wellbeing
T Hopkins, S Rippon
The Health Foundation
April 2015

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Adding value to tackle local health needs

"This compilation of case studies shows how local authorities are continuing to make progress on improving health and wellbeing and tackling health inequalities since public health was formally transferred in April 2013."

Public health transformation twenty months on: adding value to tackle local health needs
Local Government Association
February 2015

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Understanding the new NHS

"In reading this guide, we hope that the structures of the NHS, and your place within it, become a little clearer."

Understanding the new NHS: A guide for everyone working and training within the NHS
NHS England
June 2014

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Tackling health inequalities

"If we are to make our healthcare system more efficient and effective we need to engage people with their health and consider different approaches to preventing ill health."

Tackling health inequalities: The case for investment in the wider public health workforce
Royal Society for Public Health
June 2014

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Transformative ideas for commissioners

"To support the development of the bold and transformative strategic plans, NHS England is developing a series of discussion papers to help commissioners and their partners identify transformative ideas."

A call to action: Achieving parity of esteem; transformative ideas for commissioners
NHS England
February 2014

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ICTs and the health sector

"This book examines the whole new world of possibilities in using mobiles and the Internet to address healthcare challenges."

ICTs and the health sector: towards smarter health and wellness models
OECD
2013

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Operating principles for health and wellbeing boards

These operating principles have been designed to support the effective establishment and functioning of health and wellbeing boards.


Operating principles for health and wellbeing boards
NHS Confederation
October 2011

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