Developing place-based partnerships: the foundation of effective integrated care systems

Developing place-based partnerships: the foundation of effective integrated care systems
Kings Fund 20 April 2021

• The King’s Fund has reviewed existing evidence and experience on place-based working, explored the development of place-based partnerships within three systems and undertaken targeted engagement with local leaders from ICSs, local authorities and voluntary and community sector organisations. This research highlights the potential role of place-based partnerships in improving health and wellbeing and illustrates how these opportunities can be realised.

Microfunding, co-production and community development

Changing a place: Microfunding, co-production and community development
Ambition for Ageing January 2020

• A suite of documents looking at the conditions needed to get microfunding right. The documents draw on its five years of delivering microfunding to highlight areas of success, note challenges and share learning for those who may want to implement similar practices.

Creating healthy places: perspectives from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme

Creating healthy places: perspectives from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme
Kings Fund 26 September 2019

• A series of essays which highlight a number of themes from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme. 
• The report concludes that there is significant potential to improve population health through place-making and community development. It also stresses the need for the NHS to be closely involved in major housing developments and regeneration programmes in order to improve health and care outcomes. 

Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities: Guidelines to support local action on health inequalities.

Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities: Guidelines to support local action on health inequalities.
PHE 29 July 2019

• This guidance aims to reinforce a common understanding of the complex causes and costs of health inequalities and provide a practical framework and tools for place-based approaches to reduce health inequalities.
• Includes 
• A guide to using national and local data to address health inequalities
• Guide to place-based action for health inequalities

Guy's & St Thomas' Charity - a place based foundation

Guy's & St Thomas' Charity - a place based foundation

• "an independent, place-based foundation. We work with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and others to improve the health of people in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark."
• The Foundation uses data, evidence and insights into people's lived experiences to guide their work on complex urban health issues.