West Midlands Success at LGC Awards

  A ‘groundbreaking’ programme to tackle health inequalities among sex workers in Birmingham has been recognised with a prestigious national award. The project, ‘From needs assessment to action: embedding sex worker equity in Birmingham’, won the Public and Population Health category at the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards 2026. Members of the Inclusion Health team from Birmingham City Council’s Public Health Division, who delivered the project, collected their award at a ceremony in London on Wednesday 10th June. The programme saw the team deliver evidence-based system change to address sex workers’ health inequalities, utilising data from the 2024 Sex Worker Analysis of Health Needs (SWAN) to reshape commissioning, improve multi-agency collaboration, improve access to services, strengthen data and reduce stigma.