LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM IS ABOUT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS
Reforming local government is less about new powers or structures and much more about behaviours and attitudes. This is a key conclusion on the reform agenda from Sir Michael Lyons report: ‘Place-shaping: a shared ambition for the future of local government’.
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This report from the Department for Health describes how organisations in 22 areas worked with local communities to harness people’s inspiration, commitment and energy to improve health and reduce health inequalities. Local authorities, primary care trusts, community and voluntary organisations worked together to make real improvements to the health of some of the country’s most deprived communities.The Choosing Health White Paper made a commitment to improve the health of people living in deprived communities. These pilots have shown that putting local people first in planning and delivery enables disadvantage to be overcome and health improved.