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A positive announcement for children's oral health - with £11m funding announced to councils to support the rollout of supervised toothbrushing programmes for 3-5 year olds in England ✅🪥🦷

👋 3 weeks until our annual virtual public health conference with Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)📣 With a focus on health inequalities, we are delighted to welcome speakers including: Sir Michael Marmot Alice Wiseman Anne Longfield David Buck (also @davidjbuck.bsky.social) Rukshana Kapasi💚 louise gittins 🌹🌹🌹 Sign up: lgaevents.local.gov.uk/lga/frontend/r…

How do we tackle health inequalities together? Join our virtual public health conference 1-3 April with Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) as we explore this topic with the help of expert speakers, including: 🔹 Sir Michael Marmot 🔹 Baroness Anne Longfield Sign up for free: orlo.uk/d8TPu

It was five years ago today that the UK entered lockdown. In a series of interviews taken during 2020-2021, over 40 directors of public health from across the country, talked about the local response to COVID-19. local.gov.uk/our-support/co…

📈 Almost 1,000 now registered for our joint conference with Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), starting a week today! Sign up now 🔽 lgaevents.local.gov.uk/lga/frontend/r…

We're excited to announce that our 2025 State of Ageing report is now available! This year’s report paints a picture of the older population in England, using a variety of national data sources, and shows that quite simply, where you are born determines how long you live and how

Cllr louise gittins 🌹🌹🌹, Chair of LGA, opens the conference by emphasising the critical role of local government plays in solving public health challenges. The LGA Annual Public Health Conference 2025 begins today, focusing on tackling health inequalities from birth and beyond.

👋 Delighted to kickstart the Local Government Association (LGA) & Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) annual public health conference hearing from the incredible Sir Michael Marmot! Sir Michael is joined by Baroness Anne Longfield, louise gittins 🌹🌹🌹 Alice Wiseman & Alex Fitzgerald. Here's to the next 3 days of stimulating discussions 🌿

CYP policy lead Sarah Muckle FFPH in a panel discussion #LGAPublicHealth25 on Youth perspectives in the health gap. "We struggle to get to young people in an equitable way. We need to get to a point where all young people are happy to engage and feel like they are being listened to"

Cllr Louise Gittins Local Government Association (LGA) says that with the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest areas at almost 20 years, one of her priorities as chair of the LGA is to look at how it can be bridged. themj.co.uk/bridging-gap-1… via The MJ

Great panel discussion on the role of devolution, combined/strategic authorities, and tackling health inequalities at Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Public Health Conference! Insightful contributions from Mubasshir Ajaz, Dave Buck❤️ Memecoin , and Ruth Speare, expertly chaired by @mattashton100 #LGAPublicHealth

1/2. G8 to be on panel with Prof Matt Ashton FFPH (also on Bluesky) Mubasshir (also at mubj.bsky.social) Ruth Speare @ruthspeare.bsky.social discussing English #devo and #health Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) LGA Wellbeing conference. Tx for qns. See our 1st output from The King's Fund (CLES) Centre for Local Economic Strategies work here cles.org.uk/publications/t…, more to come #LGAPublicHealth25

Seventeen years on: Why England needs a new National Play Strategy This from colleagues ⁦Play England⁩ playengland.org.uk/newsblog/seven…

These is something particularly crass and callous about announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar, this week, of all weeks.

While the recent announcement of a real terms increase in the Public Health Grant allocation for England is welcome, the Government must make a long-term commitment to funding, says Greg Fell Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) themj.co.uk/funding-commit… via The MJ

Funding opportunity for colleagues employed in England - Public Health Grassroots Awards. Apply for up to £5,000 to build your research skills to enhance your impact and contribute to evidence-based practices. Closing date for applications: 19 June 2025 sites.google.com/view/nihrrsssc…

If we rely solely on weight-loss drugs to tackle the crisis of diet-related disease, we’re left with two bleak options: 🍬 Give the drugs to children – despite unknown long-term side effects. 🩺 Let children become obese and sick, then medicate them when they come of age. As

Our new publication, 'Councillors’ Guide to Local Authority Public Health Responsibilities', helps clarify the current public health functions in #LocalGov local.gov.uk/publications/c…

Our new report 'Reform of the SEND system' (with Isos Partnership) reveals how the erosion of non-statutory support has created a system that no longer fit for purpose and needs to be reformed. Read our full report: local.gov.uk/publications/r…

Useful article on Prevention by ⁦The King's Fund including different types of prevention by organisation. Also worth remembering Directors of Public Health are system leaders working across whole system ⁦Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)⁩ ⁦Faculty of Public Health⁩ ⁦Royal Society for Public Health⁩ ⁦ kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…