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Prevention Matters cover

Prevention Matters: how elected members can improve the health of their communities

The LGA has developed a one day training workshop to enable elected members to champion health improvement and prevention in their communities.

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The Standards for employers of public health teams in England COVER

The Standards for employers of public health teams in England

These Standards will help ensure that the workforce is fit to practice and are relevant to employers and workers with a role in the commissioning or delivery of public health functions.

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Meeting the health and wellbeing needs of young carers

Meeting the health and wellbeing needs of young carers

Being a carer takes its toll on a young persons education, physical health and emotional wellbeing. What can councils do to tackle these inequalities?

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Must Knows: Prevention

Must Knows for Elected Members: Prevention

How do you know that your council is doing all it can to deliver on prevention?

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Naloxonee survey 2017

Naloxone survey 2017

This survey was conducted by the LGA's Research and Information team between 16 June and 5 July 2017, on behalf of the LGA and Public Health England, in order to better understand the use of naloxone across local authorities, and to demonstrate how it is considered by local authorities as part of their response to drug-related deaths.

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Meeting the public health needs of the armed forces: a resource for local authorities and health professionals COVER

Meeting the public health needs of the armed forces

This resource has been developed for local authorities, local Defence Medical Services and those supporting the health needs of the armed forces community in England.

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A breath of fresh air: smokefree workplaces 10 years on cover

A breath of fresh air: smokefree workplaces 10 years on

The 10th anniversary of the ban is a time to look back at what has been achieved. While it took a long time to get the legislation introduced – cinemas first started restricting smoking in the 1970s – when it did happen it was pretty seamless.

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Public health working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector front cover

Public health working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector: new opportunities and sustainable change

A set of case studies showing how public health and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector are working together to make a real difference to people's health and wellbeing.

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Public health transformation four years on

LGA Annual Public Health report – four years on

A compilation of case studies showing local authority progress.

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Maintaining our momentum essays on four years of public health

Maintaining our momentum essays on four years of public health

A collection of essays on 'four years of public health'.

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