| Subject: | Local communities and services |
| Topic: | Local government and health |
| Year: | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
A paper set out a series of principles for how the members of new local boards for health and well-being should work together. They included: strong collective leadership, proper engagement with local people, a clear sense of shared priorities, and joint working to tackle key issues such as health inequalities.
Source: Operating Principles for Health and Wellbeing Boards: Laying the foundations for healthier places, NHS Confederation (with six other organizations)
Links: Paper | NHS Confederation press release
Date: 2011-Oct
An article examined preparations by local authorities and primary care trusts in England for the duty to conduct a joint strategic needs assessment of the health and well-being of their local community. Respondents felt that the assessment had the potential to raise the profile of jointly agreed approaches to needs assessment, and to partnership working more generally.
Source: Jo Ellins and Jon Glasby, 'Together we are better? Strategic needs assessment as a tool to improve joint working in England', Journal of Integrated Care, Volume 19 Number 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2011-Jul
Researchers evaluated pilots that were designed to provide front-line services to individuals with complex needs (that were not conventionally met by statutory services). The pilots were found to have been effective in bringing about better outcomes for the individuals, particularly in terms of health.
Source: Jack Cattell and Alex Mackie with Kate Gibson, Tom Hitchins, Will Parry, Lucas Porsch, and Joe Savage, Simple but Effective: Local solutions for adults facing multiple deprivation (Adults Facing Chronic Exclusion Evaluation – Final Report), Department for Communities and Local Government
Date: 2011-Jun
A report examined recent policy changes across housing, health, and social care; and investigated how these might provide new opportunities for integrating local services for the benefit of communities and individuals.
Source: Sarah Davis, Localism: Delivering integration across housing, health and care, Chartered Institute of Housing
Links: Report
Date: 2011-Jun
An article examined the strategies that health scrutiny committees in 8 English local authorities adopted in order to influence decision-makers.
Source: Alan Boyd and Anna Coleman, 'Strategies used by health scrutiny committees to influence decision-makers', Local Government Studies, Volume 37 Issue 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2011-Jun
A report summarized findings from an historical overview of arrangements and experiences of joint working between local government and the National Health Service since 1948. It generated 10 'principles of integration', which were then used as a framework for analyzing the relevant provisions of the coalition government's latest proposals.
Source: Gerald Wistow, Integration This Time? Liberating the NHS and the role of local government, Local Government Association
Links: Report
Date: 2011-May