10 Ways Councils Are Using AI to Transform Public Services
Councils are increasingly adopting AI-based solutions to improve services. LocalGov Assistant editor Izzy Lepone has collected 10 innovative case studies.
Councils support ‘game-changer’ gonorrhoea vaccination rollout
04/08/2025 Councils across England are partnering with the NHS to deliver a world-first public health initiative—the rollout of a gonorrhoea vaccination programme. |
Call for 10-year sexual health strategy
03/06/2025 The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for a 10-year sexual health strategy as services face unprecedented pressure. |
NHS and local government partner on gonorrhoea vaccine
21/05/2025 The NHS and local government have partnered on the roll-out of a world-first vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea. |
Council leaders call for sexual health investment
19/09/2024 Local authority leaders have urged the Government to use the upcoming Autumn Budget to invest in sexual and reproductive health services. |
Public health bosses call for long-term sexual health strategy
10/09/2024 The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) has urged the Government to commit to a sexual and reproductive health strategy after a decade of cuts. |
Levelling up sexual health services to protect children
14/08/2024 Sue Bunn, Commercial Director, Inform Health, looks at how sexual health services are levelling up to better protect children from harm. |
Council chiefs call for 10-year sexual health strategy
04/06/2024 Council leaders have called on the next Government to launch a 10-year sexual health strategy after new figures reveal rise in sexually transmitted infections. |
Sexual health services ‘at breaking point’
22/01/2024 Rising cases of sexually transmitted infections and decreasing levels of funding are pushing sexual health services to ‘breaking point’, according to the Local Government Association. |
Sexual health services at ‘breaking point’
06/06/2023 Local council-commissioned sexual health services are at ‘breaking point’, warn local authority leaders. |
Nearly half of teachers not confident teaching sex education
29/09/2022 Almost half of secondary school teachers say they don’t feel confident teaching sex and relationships education, a new survey has revealed. |
Women struggling to access contraception due to cuts, inquiry finds
11/09/2020 Women in England are struggling to access contraception putting them at risk of unplanned pregnancies, MPs have warned. |
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Health experts urge ‘safer sex’ after rise in gonorrhoea cases
03/09/2020 The Government has urged people to practice safer sex after data reveals that gonorrhoea cases in England have risen by 26%. |
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Care leaders must promote ‘awareness’ of good practice in sexual safety
27/02/2020 Care leaders should promote a culture that keeps people in social care safe from sexual abuse and supports them in expressing their sexuality, regulator says. |
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London aims to be ‘first city’ to stop new HIV infections
05/02/2020 Over 30 organisations have joined together in an effort to make London the first city in the world to stop new HIV infections. |
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Public health cuts leading to 'spiralling' STI rates
05/02/2020 Local authority leaders have called for more investment into public health services as a new report reveals that there is an STI diagnosis every 70 seconds in England. |
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Councils chiefs call for more sexual health funding
25/10/2019 Local authority leaders have called on the Government to ensure that its updated sexual and reproductive health strategy is ‘fully funded’. |
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MPs warn of ‘worrying’ sexual health inequalities
03/06/2019 Members of Parliament have called for a new national strategy to ensure high quality sexual health services for all. |
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Council chiefs call for reversal of cuts to sexual health services
01/10/2018 Maintaining sexual health services at current levels will be difficult unless cuts in public health services are reversed, local government leaders warn. |
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Sexual health services at 'tipping point'
03/09/2018 Sexual health services in England are under 'huge pressure' due to a record 3.3 million visits a year, council leaders have warned. |
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Council chiefs warn health budget cuts ‘undermining’ fight against STIs
05/06/2018 Cuts to public health budgets have made tackling sexually transmitted infections a ‘significant challenge’, warn local authority leaders. |
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Nurse shortage leads to increase in sexually transmitted infections
14/05/2018 Nurses have warned cuts to public health budgets are forcing them to turn people away from sexual health clinics due to the resulting staff shortages. |
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Transgender issues to be taught in schools
19/12/2017 Transgender issues will be taught as part of sex and relationship education classes in primary and secondary schools, according to the Government |
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Council funding cuts restricting access to contraception
03/11/2017 One in three local authorities have reduced or plan to reduce the number of sites delivering contraceptive services in the last two years, FoI request reveals. |
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Charity warns young people face patchy provision of HIV education
25/09/2017 Young people should be educated about the risks of HIV to minimise their chances of catching the illness, according to HIV Scotland. |
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Local authorities should give out condoms to fight STIs, guidance says
06/04/2017 Councils and sexual health services should provide free condoms in order to tackle sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Government health body says. |
