This full report from the Coastal Navigators Network (CNN)—a collaboration between NHS England and six coastal Integrated Care Boards—brings together eight months of learning, data, and innovation from the frontline of the nation’s coastal health challenges. From youth support in Felixstowe to suicide prevention in Thanet and housing-linked employment in Sussex, it showcases scalable interventions that tackle the root causes of poor health and economic exclusion.

Following on from the inception of the Network in the summer of 2024, to bringing together the first cross network roundtable in November of 2024, BBI is happy to share the progress to date in the establishment of the Coastal Navigators Network 

Building on the insights and recommendations from Phase 1, BBI invited stakeholders from across the health and social care world to one of our pilot sites for the first Phase 2 regional summit to highlight what we’ve accomplished so far, what we’ve learned along the way, and the critical changes needed to put our original recommendations into action…