PUBLIC HEALTH

Javid announces public health duty to tackle violent crime

By William Eichler | 15 July 2019

Home secretary Sajid Javid has announced a new legal duty that will require local authorities to ...

HEALTH

Councils to get £300,000 for obesity pilots

By Hiba Mahamadi | 25 June 2019

The Government has decided to award five local authorities £300,000 each to trial programmes to t...

HEALTH

Knowing when to 'nudge'

By Jim McManus | 18 June 2019

Jim McManus outlines how to navigate ‘that nudge thing’ – behavioural economics, insights and sci...

WHITEHALL

Spending Review poses 'challenge' for fair funding

By Martin Ford | 18 June 2019

A minister has said a one-year settlement for local government would pose a ‘challenge’ for imple...

SOCIAL CARE

The sound of silence

By Martin Farrow | 05 June 2019

The history of attempts to achieve joined-up health and social care reads like a bad songbook for...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

West Sussex's sugar reduction success

By Anna Raleigh | 20 May 2019

West Sussex CC has managed to cut the amount of sugar used in school dinners by almost 75% in fou...

LONDON COUNCILS

Keep making the investment case for prevention

By John O’Brien | 15 May 2019

John O'Brien says that whether we end up with a one year Spending Review or a longer one, it's im...

FINANCE

Prevention is better than cure

By Rob Whiteman | 14 May 2019

CIPFA and Public Health England have developed a framework for measuring and evaluating preventat...

FINANCE

Integration offers chance to invest in prevention

By Martin Ford | 14 May 2019

A new approach to investing in prevention can be achieved through the integration of health and c...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Investment in children's centres helps deliver real results

By Cllr Judith Blake | 08 May 2019

Leeds has become the first UK city to lower its childhood obesity rate - and the role played by c...

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