Is ‘Do With’ the essence of neighbourhood health?

Event 3: Is ‘Do With’ the essence of neighbourhood health? Neighbourhood health is often discussed in terms of services: how they are structured, funded and delivered. But at its heart, it is about something more fundamental - relationships. In particular, the relationships between services and the people they support. A growing movement has emerged around this idea. Often described as ‘Do With’, it challenges traditional models of care that are designed ‘for’ people, or done ‘to’ people - instead advocating for approaches that are built with them. Is this the essence of neighbourhood health? If so, why does it matter? And what does it take to build and sustain more meaningful, community-centred relationships? This session explores: • What is meant by ‘Do With’ - and where this movement comes from • Why relationships are central to neighbourhood health • And how can richer service-citizen relationships be created and sustained? The session, chaired by Fraser Battye, will present insights from Dr Connie Junghans Minton (Imperial College London) and Adam Lent (Kings Fund). It will examine the intangible and important question of how services ‘Do With’, rather than, ‘Do To’ people.