Monthly Archives: January 2015

NEW EBOOKS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LANCASHIRE STAFF

20 ebooks relating to Public Health have been purchased and are all freely accessible to all Public Heath Lancashire staff with an Athens username and password. 

To view these books and apply for an Athens username click on the ‘New eBooks’ tab on the blogs homepage

Family friendly framework: a whole systems approach for the planning, delivery and improvement of services for children and families

By British Association for Community Child Health (2014)

This framework from the British Association for Community Child Health and the British Association for Child and Adolescent Public Health presents a practical whole systems approach to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.

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Time to take action on asthma

By Asthma UK (2014)

The report presents an overview of a survey of more than 6500 people on the quality of asthma care across the UK. A briefing on children’s care is available alongside it.

Click here to view this report

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion

By Joseph Rowntree Association (2014)

This annual report assesses the progress in tackling poverty and disadvantage across the UK, focusing on money, housing, work, benefits and services.

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Transfer of 0-5 children’s public health commissioning to local authorities

By Department of Health (2014)

The document sets out the proposed funding allocations for local authorities for the commissioning of children’s 0-5 public health services from 1 October 2015 to 31 March 2016.

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Feeding Britain: a strategy for zero hunger in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

By All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the United Kingdom (2014)

The report of the all-party parliamentary inquiry into hunger in the United Kingdom considers the extent and causes of hunger in Britain and the scope of provision to alleviate it. It includes recommendations on parenting and hunger in schools.

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Transforming local public services: using technology and digital tools and approaches

By Local Government Association (2014)

This research aims to capture examples of where councils have used technology and digital tools and approaches to deliver services that are better target and more efficient. This report demonstrates that there is significant technological innovation in local government, and finds that it is being applied with real skill and thoughtfulness. Councils have learned lessons from technology projects in the past, and are increasingly using agile and flexible project management approaches to implementation, belying the myth that the public sector cannot effectively implement change supported by information technology.

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Public Health England’s grant to local authorities

By National Audit Office (2014)

This report finds that the new public health agency, Public Health England, has made a good start in supporting local authorities with their new responsibilities for public health. The National Audit Office considers, however, that it is too soon to tell whether the agency’s approach is achieving value for money.

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Tackling poor oral health in children: local government’s public health role

By Local Government Association (2014)

This briefing sets out the policy context, local government’s role, case studies, ideas for success and key questions to ask when assessing local oral health improvement delivery.

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Electronic cigarettes

By ASH (2014)

This Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) briefing summarises the evidence on electronic cigarettes.

Click here to view this summary