Good sexual health enables healthy relationships, planned pregnancies and prevention of disease. We are calling on the Government to work with local government to commit and deliver, a sustainable, national 10 year sexual and reproductive (SRH) strategy.
Public Sector Access, in collaboration with the LGA, has engaged with nine councils across the country to review the progress of ‘From harm to hope’. This provides a snapshot of the strides made, challenges faced and opportunities uncovered in the pursuit of creating healthier, safer communities.
This guide presents a practical report for councils, outlining their powers in relation to planning and public health in a unified and simplified document. It also provides valuable recommendations to councils and national government alike to guide our efforts.
In March 2024, the LGA’s Culture, Tourism and Sport (CTS) Board launched a call for evidence on supporting women and girls to be active. This report summarises the key findings and next steps.
This is a practical guide for councillors and officers looking to do more in the area of improving physical activity levels for children and young people from low incomes. It includes tips and case studies to support councils on their journey.
The following summary sets out a new programme of sector led improvement support for adult social care and public health services available to councils in 2024/25.
Men in the most deprived areas in England live nearly 10 years fewer than those in the least deprived. It is clear working in partnership is the key to addressing men’s health – and councils are ideally placed to lead and foster that.
Adult social care in all councils in England will be assessed by Care Quality Commission (CQC) before the end of 2025. This is the first such review for 15 years and is intended as an opportunity to celebrate the good work being done and how councils are addressing areas that they wish to improve. A similar CQC assurance process for Integrated Care Systems is being piloted currently and reviews of them all will also be completed by December 2025.
The Better Care Fund (BCF) Support Programme reflects the objectives and supports local areas to deliver the requirements, conditions and metric ambitions set out in their BCF plans. This is the first annual report produced as part of the contractual requirements of the BCF Support Programme. The report covers the period from March 2023 to March 2024, following the signing of the contract on 24 February 2023.
The purpose of the analysis was to identify priorities for sector-led improvement as a result of learning from SARs completed between 2019 and 2023, a period of time that included the COVID-19 pandemic.
The analysis builds on the findings of the first national analysis, published in 2020, which considered learning from SARs completed between 2017 and 2019.
