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Public health annual report 2023: Supporting communities in difficult times
Each year, an overall theme is chosen for the public health annual report and this year there was only one option – the cost of living pressures, its impact on health, and the role of public health...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  03 May 2023
Type:  Report
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Healthy Start map: Estimated loss to families in 2023
In March 2023, on average only 64% of beneficiaries were receiving Healthy Start payments, which help pregnant women and parents of young children buy fruit, vegetables, milk, first infant formula...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  26 Apr 2023
Type:  Media
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Families miss out on an estimated £68 million in free food as Gov miss Healthy Start target
Sustain calculates that over 200,000 low-income families with young children and pregnant women are losing out on Healthy Start payments toward free fruit, veg, milk and vitamins in 2023 with 1/3...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  26 Apr 2023
Type:  Media
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OHID - Resources guide: Community-centred approaches
Evidence and guidance to support the adoption and scaling of community-centred approaches and system working as part of action to reduce health disparities, promote health, prevent major conditions...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  04 Apr 2023
Type:  Other
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What is a population health approach?
In recent years, the concept of ‘population health’ has come to greater prominence. In this explainer, we set out what the term means and look at what is involved in improving population...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  04 Apr 2023
Type:  Media
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20 Years of Public Health Collaboration in Cheshire and Merseyside
The Champs Public Health Collaborative, which is led by the nine Directors of Public Health in Cheshire and Merseyside, has turned 20 years old. To mark this occasion, we have published a special...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Mar 2023
Type:  Other
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North Tyneside Council launches sleep support pilot
North Tyneside residents are being offered the chance for one-to-one counselling to help them get a good night's sleep. North Tyneside Council has launched a 'sleep support' pilot scheme -...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Mar 2023
Type:  Report
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Healthy Workplaces Leicestershire’s Post
We are launching our new Healthy Workplaces Leicestershire Programme! his new programme will help organisations of all sizes across the county become healthier places to work. We will support...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  28 Mar 2023
Type:  Other
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Health Equals campaign
The LGA is a member of the Health Equals campaign along with other organisations including the Health Foundation, Confederation of British Industry, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health....
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  27 Mar 2023
Type:  Other
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Supporting Buckinghamshire residents and staff with the cost of living   
Powerpoint presentation -  Supporting Buckinghamshire residents and staff with the cost of living   
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  21 Mar 2023
Type:  Presentation
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Cost of Living Support. Emergency response, community resilience, and long-term prevention - Kirklees Council
Powerpoint presentation - Cost of Living Support. Emergency response, community resilience, and long-term prevention - Kirklees Council
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  21 Mar 2023
Type:  Presentation
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We Are Responding. We Are Newham. Newham Cost of Living Crisis Response
Powerpoint presentation - We Are Responding. We Are Newham. Newham Cost of Living Crisis Response 
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  21 Mar 2023
Type:  Presentation
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Strengthening Referrals for those at risk of or experiencing financial hardship Kent County Council
Powerpoint presentation - Strengthening Referrals for those at risk of or experiencing financial hardship  Kent County Council
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  21 Mar 2023
Type:  Presentation
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215,000 children missing out on free school meals
Nearly a quarter of a million children are missing out on free school meals worth nearly £500 per child because of the lack of an automated sign-up system, according to the LGA. This is money that...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  20 Mar 2023
Type:  Media
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Children's Commissioner - Children’s Mental Health Services 2021-22
The mental health of children has deteriorated markedly in recent years. As of 2022, the NHS estimates that 18% of children aged 7 to 16 years and 26% of those aged 17 to 19 have a probable mental...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  08 Mar 2023
Type:  Report
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Mental health, current and upcoming work: March 2023
Today the ONS have published Mental health, current and upcoming work: March 2023 which gives an overview of the work we are currently doing and plan to do in the future on mental health and...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  13 Mar 2023
Type:  Report
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Community-based mental health and suicide prevention interventions for men – learnings and evidence from Cheshire and Merseyside
Like many areas, reaching and engaging middle aged men in suicide prevention activities is an important objective for the Champs Public Health Collaborative. The Collaborative commissioned Everton...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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Further increase in food prices
Research from Kantar shows that grocery price inflation reached a high of 17.1 per cent this month. Prices are rising fastest in markets such as milk, eggs and margarine, and the rise in food costs...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Other
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Number of UK children in food poverty nearly doubles in a year to 4m
The number of UK children in food poverty has nearly doubled in the last year to almost 4 million, new data shows, ramping up pressure on ministers to expand the provision of free school meals to...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Other
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Developing an attempted suicide follow-up service
The Psychosocial Engagement Team service was developed as a six-month pilot project, where referrals were made by A&E mental health liaison teams into a six to eight week programme focused on...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership and the Greater Manchester Older People’s Network: Reducing self-harm in older people
Research published in The Lancet in 2018 (Morgan et al) found that there is an elevated risk of suicide in older people who self-harm, yet older people do not always get access to specialist care....
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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Kent and Medway: Highlighting the relationship between domestic abuse and suicide
The Kent and Medway Suicide Prevention (SP) team have been conducting unique research into the links between domestic abuse (DA) and suicide since 2019. Using Real Time Suicide Surveillance (RTSS)...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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Hertfordshire County Council and Stevenage Borough Council: A new crisis café to prevent suicide at a high-risk location
From March to October 2021, there was a reported increased in the number of suicide attempts, fatalities, and interventions at Stevenage train station. A Task and Finish Group was set up to quickly...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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Media monitoring and training: a collaboration with Samaritans’ Media Advisory Service, Oxfordshire County Council
Working together with the Samaritan’s Media Advisory Service to monitor local media reporting of suicides and provide training local media organisations to develop postvention reporting as a means...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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Havering Council: Children and young people: mental health training and support for schools
Bringing together partners to support a whole school approach to mental health and the utilisation of a locally developed online resource setting out information on mental health and suicide...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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Devon County Council - Access to means: Devon Bridges
Using engineering and designing infrastructure as way to prevent suicide. This case study was done jointly with the National Suicide Prevention Alliance and forms part of our suicide prevention...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  01 Mar 2023
Type:  Case study
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Newham’s We Are Food Secure 11-19 project – how is it going?
Read Newham's latest blog post on how their We Are Food Secure project is going. This project is one of five participating in the Shaping Places for Healthier Lives programme. Despite a...
By:  thumbnail Elle Bird
Last updated:  15 Feb 2023
Type:  Blog
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THE UNSCHOOL ONLINE
The UnSchool online learning platform is designed to support you in activating your agency to make a more positive impact on the world around you. Our classes help you develop a 3-dimensional...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  10 Feb 2023
Type:  Other
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LGA responds to NAO report on mental health service demand
“As this report demonstrates, public mental health services run by local councils lack the sufficient funding they need to cope with increasing demand."
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  10 Feb 2023
Type:  Report
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Progress in improving mental health services in England
Many people will experience mental health problems in their lives. Around one in six adults in England have a common mental health disorder, and around half of mental health problems start by the...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  10 Feb 2023
Type:  Report
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Walking and cycling routes to get £200 million boost
Government agency Active Travel England is inviting local authorities outside London today to apply for a share of a £200 million investment in walking and cycling. Schemes could include more paths...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  06 Feb 2023
Type:  Other
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Mental Health Support Teams in schools
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) published the final report from the early evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Trailblazer Programme. The...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  06 Feb 2023
Type:  Other
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Mental Health Week
It is Children’s Mental Health Week from 6 February. This year’s theme is 'Let’s Connect'. The LGA will be supporting Children’s Mental Health Week, look out for our article in first magazine....
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Jan 2023
Type:  Other
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Barnardo’s call for expanding Mental Health Support Teams
Children’s charity Barnardo’s is calling on the Government to expand the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) programme to every school and college in England following its latest report ‘It's Hard...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Jan 2023
Type:  Other
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Higher obesity levels linked to lower productivity in England
A report by former government adviser Richard Sloggett, has found areas in England with the most overweight and obese people also have the lowest rates of productivity, showing “obesity is an...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Jan 2023
Type:  Other
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Cross-sector health partnerships
The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) are inviting expressions of interest in the next phase of their Connecting Health Communities programme. This is a two-year facilitation support...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Jan 2023
Type:  Other
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Mental health funding
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced £150 million in government funding to build 150 new facilities to support mental health urgent and emergency care services....
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Jan 2023
Type:  Other
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Cost of Living Support in Shropshire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QVUeviyNg
By:  Caitlin Corley
Last updated:  19 Jan 2023
Type:  Tool
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Supporting Shropshire residents with the cost of living Briefing for staff, councillors and volunteers support
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDQaCScx5p4
By:  Caitlin Corley
Last updated:  19 Jan 2023
Type:  Other
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Mental health bed shortage for children
A report by the charity Look Ahead Care found that young people need to have attempted suicide several times before they get a bed in an inpatient unit in England due to shortages. The report also...
By:  Former Member
Last updated:  31 Jan 2023
Type:  Report
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