Last month, a group of passionate leaders from health, care, local and central government, education, the voluntary and community service (VCS) and beyond, gathered in Leeds to make sense of the opportunity provided by this Government's neighbourhood health agenda.

Such gatherings provide the lifeblood of relationships and partnerships that work with communities to make things happen in each part of the country. But, what marked this one out was a new energy to create the best ever national and local collaboration, motivated to make a difference in spite of the uncertainty and challenges.