 the Family Help team in one Wave 1 area. However, it is important to note that IT systems were also highlighted as a barrier in some cases where challenges were faced in using them to share information - see Section 5.4. Co-location: Where it was implemented, it was seen as a key driver of multi-agency collaboration for child protection and family help teams. For example, in one Wave 1 area, strategic leads discussed how pre-existing relationships with Health staff such as health visitors and midwives were strengthened by co-location. Another Wave 1 area also discussed how co-located office spaces improved comradery, information flow and communications across teams and partner agencies. Nominated project leads: Stakeholders highlighted that some roles under the FFCP served as nominated leads for organisations and had enabled buy-in across teams and facilitated positive conversations. For example, in one Wave 1 LA, within healthcare settings, a 'health navigator' had been appointed to act as a central point for receiving and distributing information, such as meeting minutes and exploitation reports, ensuring it reaches the relevant professionals. "Health is huge, isn't it? And if you send a letter to health, who knows who it's gone to and who the right person is and who it needed to go to. So we've got our Health Navigator sitting there sorting that out, working across primary care, mental health and acute care. And she's worked out all pathways and things. It's intra agency and it's made a big difference." - Frontline worker [LA], Wave 1 (November 2024) 46 Working groups: Some stakeholders highlighted the value of setting up working groups and ensuring regular communication among these groups as this had enabled swift decision making and escalation of decisions or disc