Subject(s): Fundholding -- Medical economics -- Citizen participation -- Medical policy -- Health Care Coalitions -- Community Health Services -- State Medicine -- Partnership between health and local government, joint planning across health/ social service boundary since 1946, conceptual issues in inter agency, health service agenda, health and local government partnerships- local government policy context, health action zone initiative, overcoming he desire for misunderstanding through dialogue, leading and managing at boundary- perspective created by joined up working, partnership between health and local authorities