Innovation in local government is about improving the lives of the people in our
communities. Browse through our case studies to see the many innovative programmes councils are involved
in.
Somerset Council and its NHS partners have successfully reframed their approach to homeless health, using insight-driven service design to deliver support that makes a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people.
The public health team at Dudley Council has worked with the local breast cancer screening service to help boost uptake in one of the West Midlands’ most deprived communities.
The London borough of Barking and Dagenham has partnered with local NHS teams and the voluntary sector to run pop-up clinics offering child immunisations and access to GPs.
Wiltshire Council’s Public Health Team commissioned a pilot programme of 18 mobile dental outreach clinics across supported accommodation sites in Trowbridge, Chippenham, and Salisbury.
The Champs Public Health Collaborative is a ground-breaking model of collaborative leadership, with its nine councils and the NHS working together to tackle health inequalities across the sub region.
The Public Health team within Hackney Council is working with partners across maternity and children’s services to promote holistic awareness and support for foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)--an often overlooked and underdiagnosed health condition affecting children and families exposed to alcohol during pregnancy.
The Health Equity Teams (HET) programme in Lewisham was developed to address racial health inequalities identified in the Birmingham and Lewisham African and Caribbean Health Inequalities (BLACHIR) report.
Through our connections with primary care colleagues, we were asked to support local care homes with the delivery of physical activity for their residents.