There is growing concern about the widening gap in health inequalities across England in 2010. This includes the inequalities in life expectancy, in illness and in health and wellbeing. Current measures to reduce the gap are not working. A report from the IDeA, ‘A glass half full’ describes how an asset approach is improving community health and well-being.

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Arriva UK, a leading transport operator with routes across the country, has created a new management structure to bring its operations in line with public service boundaries.

Following extensive research, which involved a publicity campaign, the company concluded that that the Bus division needed to put its relationships with local authorities at the heart of a new-look local management structure. The division has now re-focused local operational management to put an increased emphasis on developing existing and new relationships with key local and transport authority customers and other stakeholders. The new structure includes dedicated management roles with responsibility for building local relationships with key stakeholders and customers in specific areas, which correspond with local authority boundaries.

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Mental health is intrinsic to well-being. There is a clear association between well-being, good mental health and improved outcomes for people of all ages and social classes, across a number of domains. These include longevity, physical health, social connectedness, educational achievement, criminality, maintaining a home, employment status and productivity.

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