Reaching out: Influencing the wider determinants of health

"This report focuses on the different ways in which public health in local
government is influencing the wider determinants of health, what the
challenges are, and where there is potential to go further." 

Reaching out: Influencing the wider determinants of health
New Local Government Network
November 2017

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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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Meeting the public health needs of the armed forces

This resource has been developed for local authorities, local Defence Medical Services (DMS) and those supporting the health needs of the armed forces community in England to help support and strengthen local relationships to meet the public health needs of armed forces populations.

Meeting the public health needs of the armed forces: A resource for local authorities and health professionals
Local Government Association
July 2017

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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.

Public satisfaction with the NHS in 2015

"Overall public satisfaction with the NHS fell by 5 percentage points in 2015 to 60 per cent. At the same time, dissatisfaction with the service rose by 8 percentage points to 23 per cent, taking dissatisfaction back to the levels reported between 2011 and 2013."

Public satisfaction with the NHS in 2015: Results and trends from the British Social Attitudes survey
J Appleby, R Robertson
The King's Fund
February 2016

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Behavioural insights and health: case studies

"..... there is a variety of ways that people can be supported to make better choices. Councils are demonstrating this through the way they are making use of behavioural insights to improve health. From exploiting digital technologies to stressing social norms in a bid to encourage people to make lifestyle changes, local authorities have started using behavioural insights to make a difference to people’s lives."

Behavioural insights and health: case studies
Local Government Association
January 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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A new home for public health services for children aged 0-5

"This resource provides an overview of the work that is taking place both locally and nationally to safely transfer children’s public health commissioning responsibilities for children aged 0 to 5 from NHS England to local authorities and some of the opportunities available following the transition period. It provides a snapshot of information found in existing factsheets and supporting documents."

A new home for public health services for children aged 0-5: A resource for local authorities
Local Government Association
September 2015

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The cost of the cuts: a social impact tool for local authorities

"A major research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has catalogued and explored the implications of local council savings over the past five years. The aim of the project was to analyse the extent to which the range of measures – activities focused on reducing future needs and costs, reductions in services, changes in eligibility thresholds and consolidations of facilities – has impacted on poorer groups of service users. The result is a social impact tool which enables councils in England and Scotland to replicate a key part of the quantitative analysis undertaken for the study. This user guide introduces that social impact tool."

The cost of the cuts: a social impact tool for local authorities: User guide
A Hastings, N Bailey, G Bramley, M Gannon, D Watkins
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
October 2015

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Universal health visitor reviews

"This document is primarily intended for those in LAs responsible for the commissioning of 0 to 5 public health services and for providers of those services. Its purpose is to help explain and provide the context of Regulations relating to the mandatory delivery of five key child development reviews as set out in the Healthy Child Programme (HCP)."

Read more here.

Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners

"Commissioners require a high level of technical competence to undertake the 'transactional' elements of commissioning."

Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners
C Naylor, et al.
The King's Fund
June 2015

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English devolution: Local solutions for a successful nation

"This paper sets out local government’s offer of a new partnership with Government to tackle the big challenges facing our country and secure a bright future for all."

English devolution: Local solutions for a successful nation
Local Government Association
May 2015

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Emerging practice in outcome-based commissioning for social care

"This paper is a progress report exploring the lessons learnt from a variety of approaches taken by councils to “outcome-based commissioning” in adult social care (sometimes called payment by results)."

Emerging practice in outcome-based commissioning for social care: Discussion paper
J Bolton
Institute of Public Care
Oxford Brookes University
April 2015

Read more here.

Read the related paper here.

Population health systems: Going beyond integrated care

"Making the shift from integrated care to population health in England requires NHS organisations to work much more closely with local authorities, third sector organisations and the private sector."

Population health systems: Going beyond integrated care
H Alderwick, C Ham, D Buck
The King's Fund
February 2015

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Using technology to transform local public services

"This report seeks to highlight examples where councils have used technology and digital tools and approaches in ways that clearly demonstrate an impact both in terms of improved outcomes for citizens and financial savings."

Transforming local public services: Using technology and digital tools and approaches
Local Government Association
February 2015

Read more here.

Case studies available here.

Transfer of 0 to 5 children’s public health commissioning to local authorities

"Planning and paying for public health services for 0 to 5 year olds, including health visiting, transfers from the NHS to local authorities in October 2015."

Find out more here.

Public consultation: NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2015

"The proposed change will make it possible for pooled budgets to include funding for primary medical care. This will encourage greater integration across community health, social care and primary care."

This consultation closes at 8 March 2015 11:45pm.

Read more here.

Commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme

"The transfer of 0-5 commissioning will join-up that already done by local authorities for public health services for children and young people 5-19, (and up to age 25 for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability [SEND])."

Factsheet: Commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme
Department of Health
August 2014

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Spend and outcome tool (SPOT): local authorities

"The Spend and outcome tool (SPOT) gives local authorities in England an overview of spend and outcomes across key areas of business and for public health and its sub-programmes." Access the tool here.