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Book SynopsisThis crucial contemporary study reviews the evolving role of local authorities in health, social care and wellbeing. Health and policy experts survey disparities across Britain, share case studies of strategies and consider authorities' interaction with local and central government.
Table of ContentsForeword ~ Rhodri Williams QC Prologue Key Socio-political Changes Affecting the Health and Wellbeing of People ~ Adrian Bonner Part 1: Health, Social Care and Community Wellbeing Introduction ~ Adrian Bonner Deaths of Despair: Probable Causes and Possible Cures ~ Harry Burns The Role of English Local Authorities in Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: A Public Health Perspective ~ Jeanelle de Gruchy and Jim McManus Health and Social Care Systems ~ Anna Coleman, Jolanta Shields and Tim Gilling Strictly Come Partnering: Are Health and Wellbeing Boards the Answer? ~ David J Hunter Part 2: The Role of Local Authorities in Promoting Health and Wellbeing in the Community Introduction ~ Lord Graham Tope Devolution and Localism: Metropolitan Authorities ~ Paul Dennett and Jacquie Russell Wider Determinants of Health - Housing, Environment, Economy and Education more Important than Access to Healthcare: The Importance of Prevention and Early Intervention ~ Ruth Dombey and Adrian Bonner Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing across the UK: A Local North East Perspective ~ Edward Kunonga, Gillian Gibson and Catherine Parker Cultural Change and the Evolution of Community Governance: A North West England Perspective ~ Katie Arden, Keith Cunliffe and Penny Cook Part 3: Local Authority Commissioning Introduction ~ Mark Cook The Changing Landscape of Local Authority Commissioning ~ Dave Ayre. The Power and Value of Relationships in Local Authorities’ and Central Government Funding Encouraging Culture Change ~ Richard Smith The Challenges Facing Local Authorities in Supporting Children and Families ~ Gayle Munro and Keith Clements The Cost of Care if you Don’t Own your Home ~ Glenda Roberts The Human, Learning, Systems approach to Commissioning in Complexity ~ Toby Lowe, Max French and Melissa Hawkins Part 4: The Third Sector Introduction ~ Alison Navarro Commissioning and Social Determinants: Evidence and Opportunities ~ Chris Fox and Chris O’Leary Future Generations: The Role of Community-based Organisations in Supporting Young People ~ Adam Bonner Healthier Individuals and Reinvigorated Healthier Communities are Unachievable through the Hard and Soft Structures of the Commissioner/Provider Statutory approach without the Third Sector ~ Tony Thornton, Tony Chasteauneuf and Dean Pallant Mutuality in the Public, Private and Third Sectors ~ Richard Simmons. Part 5: Socio Economic Political Perspectives Introduction ~ Lord Peter Hain From Front-line Defence to Back-foot Retreat: The Diminishment of Local Government’s Role in Social Health Outcomes ~ Mike Bennett The Health of Scottish Housing Policy ~ Isobel Anderson Devolution of Cities and Local Communities ~ Catherine Farrell, Jennifer Law and Steve Thomas Steadying the Swinging Pendulum: How Can we Combine the Best Aspects of Competing Approaches to Public Service Delivery? ~ Nigel Ball Conclusion: Future Responses of Local Authorities to Socio Political Cultural Development ~ Adrian Bonner
