Health Reform Transition

North West Employers is working to support councillors through the new health reforms. The following resources have been drawn together to assist with this transition.

Policy updates, documents and information:

• NHS Future Forum Recommendations - North West Employers Summary
• NHS Future Forum Recommendations - Summary Report
• A Quick Guide to Health Reform - North West Employers
• Fair Society Healthy Lives - The Marmot Review
• Health and Social Care Bill Briefing - Kings Fund
• Health E News Bulletin May 2011 - NW Health Observatory
• Healthy Lives Healthy People - Department of Health
• How Ageing Well Can Help Your Local Authority - LG Group
• Equity and Excellence - Department of Health
• Integrating Health and Social Care - Kings Fund
• LG Quick Guide to Local Government - LG Group
• Prevention and Lifestyle Behaviour Change- A Competence Framework
• MINDSPACE – Influencing behaviour through public policy
• Where Next for NHS Reforms - Kings Fund

Resources from past events:

• Building Capacity for Health and Wellbeing - Elected Members' Skills Audit
• Healthy Lives Healthy People, Implication for Local Government - Ruth Hussey
• The New Landscape for Health and Health Services - Local Government Improvement and Development
• The New Role of Local Government in Public Health - Feedback from Small Group Discussion
• The New Role of Local Government in Public Health - Graham Burgess

Coming soon:

• Health Champions Programme - We are working with The Royal Society for Public Health, Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust and South West Councils to develop programme to support councillors strengthen their knowledge and skills in relation to health and wellbeing. The first programme will be running in September
• Health and Wellbeing Knowledge and Skills Framework - Building on the excellent work that has already been undertaken in Lancashire, we are developing an online tool for councillors to assess and develop their understanding of health and wellbeing and look at ways in which they can develop their skills. The Health Champions programme outlined above is also linked to this tool 
• A Quick Guide to Understanding Health and Health Terminology - This simple, easy to use guide will help to demystify some of the terminology and language used in health and will signpost to further resources. The guide is being developed to encourage councillors to think about what health really means as well as the way in which health is structured

For further information, contact:

Claire Haigh, 0161 214 7111 or

Tom Goodwin, 0161 214 7110