Three reports for the Department of Health have been launched by the Secretary of State Andy Burnham in collaboration with The Young Foundation.  The reports focus on health and well-being, specifically on the prevention of ill health.

Influencing public behaviour to improve health and wellbeing - by Geoff Mulgan, the Director of the Young Foundation - considers the lessons we can learn about influencing healthier lifestyle choices from fields such as behavioural economics, psychology and marketing.

Richard Reeves considers what the role of the state should be in relation to people's health and well-being, focussing on the prevention of ill-health in A Liberal Dose? and Dr Paul Cosford, Alwen Williams and Sir Howard Bernstein consider what the Department and the NHS can do to enhance delivery of front-line services to improve people's health and well-being with their report Enabling effective delivery of health and wellbeing.

Their reports can be found at the DH website - Click here and on the Young Foundation site.

For our views on Co-Production (one of the buzz-words in this field) click here (Graham's blog of 29th January - Dont ya just love to be asked to help?).