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• Health partnerships and integration
• Working with clinicians
• The social determinants of health
• Promoting wellbeing
• Health, engagement and 'the Big Society'
• Health scrutiny
• Government health policy
• Thematic tools and good practice
• Tobacco Control programme
• Health business case and impact assessment
• Health and wellbeing boards offer

Healthy Communities resource

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• Healthy Communities Programme Overview Last updated 6 January 2012

  This section contains information about the Healthy Communities programme – a national service funded by the Department of Health.

• Health Leadership Last updated 13 February 2012

  The Coalition Government’s July 2010 White Paper “Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS” has recognised Local Government as a key player in the fight to improve the health of local people and tackle health inequalities, working with other local partners through Health and Wellbeing Boards, and using means such as Joint Strategic Needs Assessments to agree health priorities for the future and influence the delivery of services to meet those needs.

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and knowing your community Last updated 22 January 2012

  Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) remains high on the Government agenda.

• Health partnerships and integration Last updated 4 January 2012

  Local authorities can already do a lot on their own to improve the health of their communities, in particular through using planning processes, environmental and housing policies, promoting financial inclusion, tackling worklessness and promoting active lifestyles. However they can do a lot more by working effectively in partnership with other health stakeholders within their area

• Working with clinicians Last updated 8 December 2010

  It’s never too soon to prepare for change. Our case studies on GP commissioning give a snapshot of how some local authorities and their NHS counterparts are getting ready for the significant changes in health structures that will affect partnership working for some time to come.

• The social determinants of health Last updated 15 December 2011

  The social determinants of health are the social, economic and environmental conditions that influence the health of individuals and populations. They determine the extent to which a person has the right physical, social and personal resources to achieve their goals, meet needs and deal with changes to their circumstances.

• Promoting wellbeing Last updated 23 November 2011

  Promoting wellbeing is at the heart of what local government is about: supporting a better life for its citizens and helping to build resilient communities, now and over the longer term.

• Health, engagement and 'the Big Society' Last updated 17 January 2011

  In March 2010, the Conservative Party published plans to establish a ‘Big Society’ in which ‘people come together to solve problems and improve life for themselves and their communities; a society in which the leading force for progress is social responsibility, not state control’.

• Health scrutiny Last updated 6 January 2012

  Overview and scrutiny: Scrutiny can play an effective role in improving health and reducing health inequalities in an area. Health Scrutiny in particular is seen as a lever to improve the health of local people, ensuring that their needs are considered as an integral part of the delivery and development of services.

• Government health policy Last updated 2 November 2010

  Policy and tools looks at parliamentary bills, green and white papers relevant to health agenda, as well as studies, academic writing, publications and toolkits on health, health impact assessment, JSNA and much more.

• Thematic tools and good practice Last updated 20 June 2011

  This section aims to share good practice and showcase successful case studies from across all sections of the health improvement and health inequalities agenda - from smoking to teen conception, sexual health to the built and natural environment. If it is a social determinant of health you'll find it here.

• Tobacco Control Programme Last updated 4 October 2011

  This Department of Health-funded programme is initially focusing on 25 local authorities with the highest smoking prevalence. It is hoped that the 25 councils will act as innovators, leaders, practice developers for others.

• Health business case and impact assessment Last updated 5 February 2011

  Supporting councils to achieve improvements and efficiency. We have developed two programmes of work that will help build our fundamental understanding of the effectiveness of the work of local government to improve the health and wellbeing of communities. Measuring Impact will focus on evaluating the external impact that health improvement activities have on individuals and communities; and developing a Business Case for Health will focus on the impact these have internally on local authorities and their partners.

• Health and wellbeing boards offer Last updated 7 March 2012

  Health and wellbeing boards - the brochure describing the offer.