Publications

Local authorities are responsible for commissioning Healthwatch and are embracing this challenge with increasing energy and enthusiasm. The case studies in this report are intended to provide a flavour of some of the good work and innovative practice-taking place.

A series of themes and more specific elements that help to create healthy-weight environments

The Bus Services Act provides Mayoral Combined Authorities with significant London-style powers to franchise local services.

Summary of survey findings and recommendations.

In July 2019 the LGA surveyed councils responsible for collecting business rates to gather information about estimated amounts lost to avoidance in their local areas, the different types of avoidance, and to seek their opinions on possible measures to mitigate against avoidance.

CHIP is the Local Government Association's (LGA) Care and Health Improvement Programme

Examples of efficiencies in adult social care budgets

Our support spans every step of the journey towards developing a fully integrated health and care system.

These top tips, developed as part of the LGA and ADASS’s work with the Shared Outcomes Fund, seeks to support directors of adult social services and their teams, focusing on the role of social care in supporting people experiencing and recovering from homelessness.

The LGA, NHS England and the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) have published this briefing paper for members of care providers' boards. This is aimed at supporting providers to apply the MCA in the right way and to help ensure that the legal rights of those who may lack capacity are upheld and that the individual is at the heart of decision-making.