How are partners communicating about the building blocks of health?

To create a thriving nation, we need all the building blocks of health in place, things like decent homes, good jobs and community connection. In too many parts of the UK, these blocks are crumbling, leading to widening health inequalities and lives being cut short. But we can change this, if local and national governments prioritise health across all policy areas from housing, to transport, to work and education.

This is the story that needs to be told to build understanding of the factors that shape our health and drive action which will improve people’s health across the UK.

FrameWorks UK has been working with the Health Foundation to develop this evidence-based story to make the case for greater action on the building blocks of health and to support key partners to put that story into practice. Over the last year FrameWorks UK has provided in-depth support to three organisations to embed this story into their work: Nottinghamshire County Council, Public Health Scotland and Public Health Wales.

This report analyses samples from the partner organisations, to understand how their communications have changed and what next steps communicators need to take.