Fake alcohol warning
As partygoers prepared for the busiest night of the year on New Year’s Eve, the LGA issued safety advice warning people to avoid cheap and dangerous counterfeit alcohol being sold by rogue retailers.
public health
PrEP: the HIV game changer
Local government has played a key role in helping reduce the number of new diagnoses of HIV – and the roll-out of PrEP could help us reduce infection further
Addressing challenges in public health through research
The stunning improvements in health over the past two decades are built on a strong foundation of research.
Improving workplace wellbeing
Looking back over 30 years of work in a variety of roles, I can honestly say that work has generally been good for me. So why isn’t everyone feeling the same?
Rough sleeping: a health and care approach
The most vulnerable rough sleepers need effective and integrated services tailored to their needs to help them get off the streets.
‘Missed opportunity’ on public health
The Government’s Green Paper on preventing ill-health is a “missed opportunity” to make the most of councils’ public health role and expertise, the LGA has said.
Tombstoning youngsters ‘risk death’
Councils and fire chiefs have warned that reckless thrill-seekers leaping from structures as high as 65 feet into water risk fatal injuries or serious disability, after a surge in the dangerous activity during the summer holidays.