The Health and Wellbeing Board is
a Committee of the Council established under s194 of the Health and
Social Care Act 2012. The Health and Wellbeing Board will lead the improvement of the
health and wellbeing of the Borough population, with a specific
focus on tackling health inequalities.
The Board will join up commissioning strategies across the NHS,
social care, public health and other partners that contribute to
health and wellbeing. The Board will
have an agreed vision, strategy and delivery plan to keep the
business of the Board focused and ambitious.
The Health and Wellbeing Board
will provide for shared leadership of a strategic approach to the
health and wellbeing of the Borough and its communities that
reaches across all relevant organisations. In doing so, there will be shared ownership of the
Board by all its members (and their nominating organisations) and
accountability to the communities of the Borough
The
Health and Wellbeing Board will work to -
(1)
ensure
that all available resources to support health
improvement and people’s quality of life are used efficiently
and to their full potential.
(2)
lead an assessment of the health and wellbeing needs
of the local population and produce a high-level Joint Strategic
Needs Assessment
(3)
develop a joint health and wellbeing strategy
providing an overarching framework and priorities identified for
action within which commissioning plans for the NHS, social care,
public health and other health and wellbeing related services will
be developed;
(4)
shift the focus of services from crisis management
to a preventative approach at key points in the whole life
course
(5)
challenge all partners to fully deliver their
contribution to the Borough’s priorities for health and
wellbeing
(6)
lead joint working and ensure coherent and
co-ordinated commissioning strategies, including those of the NHS
Commissioning Board.
(7)
provide
public accountability for services that are directly
related to the health and wellbeing of the local
population.
(8)
ensure
all partners fully understand what outcomes the
Board are working to and use robust performance management
structures to measure progress and success.
(9)
Maintain an oversight of the allocated public health
budgets and how these are spent.
(10)
Pull together the commissioning activities of the
NHS locally and the local authority where this aligns with delivery
of the joint health and wellbeing strategy and, through integrated
commissioning, require assurances form joint commissioning
structures of value for money and equity of access and
outcomes.