TRUUD (Tackling Root causes upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development)

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Latest TRUUD news is out. Check out: 🔎 new guidance for Local Plans 🔃 paper on systems approaches 🏠 event with Women in Property https://bit.ly/4gPZ7pd

How can government be joined up for public health? We make these recommendations for first steps towards healthier cross-government working in the final installment of our practical policy briefing series. 💪 Upscale existing collaborations ⚙️ Introduce a comprehensive strategy for cross-gov working tied together with formal institutions and processes ✅ Create the conditions for collaboration. Jack Newman Sarah Ayres Geoff Bates Rachael McClatchey Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) Local Government Association Cabinet Office UK Faculty of Public Health The Association Of Directors of Public Health (UK)

‘Housing with a heart’ written and performed by @EileenGbagbo Happy #NationalPoetryDay!

The Planner RTPI asked experts for their thoughts on the government's National Planning Policy Framework consultation for Q70 on supporting healthy communities. Here's how our law academic, Edward Kirton-Darling responded: Daniel Black University of Bristol Law School https://lnkd.in/eVvqC4VZ

Missing tips, tools and evidence to include health in your Local Plan? New guidance, published with Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), was produced in response to research that found that while Local Plans have the potential to create healthy places, they can be weak and inconsistent on how exactly this can be achieved. Carrie Wood MCIEH CEnvH UKPHR at Surrey County Council was one of seven local authority officers who helped us develop the guidance, "It brings together best practices, offering options to meet diverse district and borough needs and highlights opportunities to integrate health considerations within the Local Plan process.” Link to the guidance in the comments ⬇️ Gemma Hyde Emma Bird Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) Local Government Association UK Faculty of Public Health The Association Of Directors of Public Health (UK) Simon Wicks Royal Society for Public Health

How should Mayoral Combined Authorities and Integrated Care Systems be strengthened for a shift to preventative health policies? In the third of our new policy briefing series we make recommendations for 'Empowering mayors for preventative health', responding to challenges identified with NHS Confederation and others: 💷 Increase and simplify funding for health prevention. 📊 Build a national health-metrics framework for local spending. 🗺 Finish and align the devolution map. 🏙 Embed health in Metropolitan Combined Authorities urban development strategies. 🏥 Embed urban development in Integrated Care System health strategies. See link to the briefing in the comments ⬇ Jack Newman Michael Wood Sarah Ayres Geoff Bates Rachael McClatchey Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) Local Government Association Cabinet Office PolicyBristol University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR) Institute for Government

✅ Local Plans are key documents through which local authorities can create and influence environments to create and maintain health. ❌ Yet they're often weak and inconsistent on how exactly this can be achieved. 📑 This free webinar will explore a new framework for creating healthy Local Plans co-authored by TRUUD (Tackling Root causes upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) and the TCPA, in collaboration with local authorities across England. The document is full of practical evidence, guidance, and inspiration for local authority officers from planning and public health teams. 🎫 Register for your free ticket: https://lnkd.in/e28jMgrA

Excited to be looking at the final draft of 'Planning for healthy places: a practical guide for local authorities on embedding health in Local Plans in England' from the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and TRUUD (Tackling Root causes upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development). If you would like to see it and find out more, then join our free webinar launch on Mon 30 Sept 14:00-15:00. https://lnkd.in/eBq-EQec

"The main goal of an HIA policy should be to ensure that developers incorporate health considerations into their proposed developments, maximising the potential health benefits of development, reducing inequalities, and mitigating potential harms." Edward Kirton-Darling University of Bristol Law School with tips for local government planners, public health officials and developers on improving the implementation of Health Impact Assessments. Read his article for Local Government Association First magazine ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eVcKxKJ5