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Introduction : key Sociopolitical changes affecting the health and wellbeing of people / Adrian Bonner -- I. Health, social care and community wellbeing -- Deaths of despair - causes and possible cures / Harry Burns -- The role of English local authorities in addressing the social determinants of health : a public health perspective / Jeanelle de Gruchy and Jim McManus -- Health and social care systems / Anna Coleman, Jolanta Shields and Tim Gilling -- Strictly come partnering : are health and wellbeing boards the answer? / David J. Hunter -- II. The role of local authorities in promoting health and wellbeing in the community / Devolution and localism : metropolitan authorities / Paul Dennett and Jacquie Russell -- A place-based approach to healthy, happy lives / Ruth Dombey and Adrian Bonner -- Inequalities in health and wellbeing across the UK : a local north-east perspective / Edward Kunonga, Gillian Gibson and Catherine Parker -- Cultural change and the evolution of community governance : a north-west England perspective / Katie Arden, Keith Cunliffe and Penny Cook -- III. Local authority commissioning -- The changing landscape of local authority commissioning / Dave Ayre -- The power and value of relationships in local authorities’ and central government funding encouraging culture change / Richard Smith -- The challenges facing local authorities in supporting children and families / Gayle Munro and Keith Clements -- The cost of care if you don’t own your home / Glenda Roberts -- The human, learning, systems approach to commissioning in complexity / Toby Lowe, Max French and Melissa Hawkins -- IV. The third sector -- Commissioning and social determinants : evidence and opportunities / Chris Fox and Chris O’Leary -- Future generations : the role of community-based organisations in supporting young people / Adam Bonner -- The role of the third sector working with the hard and soft structures of public-private partnerships to promote individual health and reinvigorated, healthier communities / Tony Chasteauneuf, Tony Thornton and Dean Pallant -- Mutuality in the public, private and third sectors / Richard Simmons -- V. Socio-economic political perspectives -- From front-line defence to back-foot Retreat : The diminishment of local government’s role in social health outcomes / Mike Bennett -- Devolution and the Health of Scottish housing policy / Isobel Anderson -- Public health and local government in Wales : every policy a health policy - a collaborative agenda / Catherine Farrell, Jennifer Law and Steve Thomas -- Steadying the swinging pendulum - How might we accommodate competing approaches to public service delivery? / Nigel Ball.