1. i ii Further Assessment* (12 months) Updating and Screening AssessmentNo
AQO being, or likely to be exceeded?
Yes
Detailed Assessment (if required)
Declare Air Quality Management Area
Progress Report
(annual)
Detailed
Assessment
Amend, revoke or maintain AQMA
Air Quality Action Plan (18 months)
Action Plan Progress Report
* Proposal to rescind this requirement (Defra, 2014)

2. LAQM ‘structure’ problems Public Health solutions
Narrow Public Health scope
Public Health role not specified
Process not sufficiently flexible
Slow to adapt to new evidence
Resources not helped develop Public Health expertise/capacity
INTEGRATION
Better policy connection
Defined role, and expected contribution, of Public Health in LAQM
Enhanced regime with broader Public Health scope
Facilitated data sharing and linking, and improved public health risk assessment accuracy
AQMA boundary-setting that facilitates impact evaluations (air quality and health)
Raised local air quality profile and improved risk communications and public engagement
Informed, prioritised and influenced action based on local health needs
Connected action through collaboration (and increased effectiveness and efficiency)
Increased public health impact by linking LAQM and wider public health intervention
LAQM ‘process’ problems
Limited consultation
Public Health/public disengaged
Risk assessments not health-based
Unhelpful AQMA boundaries
Poor risk communications
Not linked with Public Health action
Public health impacts not routinely evaluated
Data and surveillance
Epidemiological investigations
Act to protect and improve health
Inform, educate and empower
Collaborate to solve problems
Develop policy to link services
Evaluation and research
Advocacy and leadership
Added value ‘outcomes’