Publications

Examples of councils that have led the way in commissioning sexual health services.

Comprehensive tobacco control is the best thing a local authority can do for public health.

In 2019, despite the huge financial constraints facing public health and councils overall, public health teams have continued to do an excellent job across the whole spectrum of activity.

A system wide care and health peer challenge involves a small team of peers spending time at a care, health and wellbeing system to provide challenge and share learning.

This publication presents case study examples showing how district councils have improved the health of their local areas.

The changes to public health over the last six years should be seen as an exemplar of public sector reform.

A collection of essays on six years of public health in local government

This report makes explicit the links between health and the local economy, their interdependence, and the action that local authorities and their partners can take to ensure that health and wellbeing are key considerations in local and regional economic development strategies.

Whether it is supporting stopping smoking, encouraging healthy eating, protecting good mental health, or delivering universal or targeted health visiting services or simply working closely with the NHS - councils have a significant role to play.

Self care is about giving people choice and control by helping them to decide how best to protect, maintain or improve their health and wellbeing.