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Healthy Living Centres - A model for the delivery of neighbourhood health
Published:
HPA, September 2008 |
Description:
This briefing paper was developed by the Healthy Living Centre (HLC) Regional Alliance and the HPA. It provides information on how HLCs, as part of the local health economy, deliver their work in implementing health policy, and what services they deliver. |
Format:
A4, 16 pages, booklet available here (144kb) |
Target
group:
HLCs, community groups, health professionals. |
Additional information:
In 1998, the Department of Health strategy Our healthier nation outlined a vision for the creation of HLCs. Lottery funding was provided for a programme to establish in the UK a total of 349 HLCs. Nineteen HLCs were developed in Northern Ireland, of which 17 continue to implement a community-led model for health. For further information, contact Danny Power, Chair, HLC Regional Alliance on danny@frankgillencentre.com |
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