Partnership working to promote digital inclusion for health: local authorities’

priorities: The research was conducted on behalf of • Access to devices and data the Voluntary, Community and Social • Skills and capability Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing • Beliefs and trust Alliance, a partnership between voluntary sector representatives and the health and • Leadership and partnerships care system. [...] Partnership working to promote digital inclusion for health, June 2024 6 Funding and resources Data and learning The local authorities we interviewed The local authorities we interviewed consider funding, where it is available, highlighted that effective use of data and to be a significant enabler of digital inclusion experiential learning is critical to effective for health. [...] Partnership working to promote digital inclusion for health, June 2024 28 Using data and peer learning The challenges of reporting shared to shape practice outcomes between partners Some of the local authorities we interviewed Local authorities told us that while their spoke about the value of learning from others desired outcomes for digital inclusion projects to shape their approach to digital i. [...] is perceived to play a range of important roles, including: providing physical space to Local authorities consider themselves to be engage with people who are already using well placed to understand the needs of their and accessing services; supporting local communities because they provide a range authorities and primary care providers to of services that contribute to health and target their act. [...] They perceive that primary care the voices of people with lived experience of partners add significant value to this due to digital inclusion; and promoting engagement their community footprint, and the trusted with digital inclusion projects due to their relationships that GPs and other health knowledge of the communities and groups professionals have with patients who are at they are working wit.