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Prevention. A Shared Commitment: Making the Case for a Prevention Transformation Fund

Prevention. A Shared Commitment: Making the Case for a Prevention Transformation Fund
Local Government Association Local Government Association, London. 2015


Project ID (Internal) 116
Project Status completed
Full Reference (text) Local Government Association (2015) Prevention: a shared commitment: making the case for a Prevention Transformation Fund. Local Government Association Report. [The report can be accessed here]
Full Reference (URL) https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/prevention-shared-commitm-4e7.pdf
Summary / Abstract

This document identifies and collates key pieces of evidence about the cost effectiveness of prevention in order to make the case for greater investment in prevention interventions. The report recommends that the Government should introduce a Prevention Transformation Fund, worth at least £2 billion annually. This would enable some double running of new investment in preventative services alongside ‘business as usual’ in the current system, until savings can be realised and reinvested into the system – as part of wider local prevention strategies. Based on the analysis of an extensive range of intervention case studies that have provided a net cost benefit, the report suggests that investment in prevention could yield a net return of 90 per cent.

Publication Title Prevention. A Shared Commitment: Making the Case for a Prevention Transformation Fund
Author(s) Local Government Association
Publication Details Local Government Association, London.
Publication Year / End of Project 2015
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