Agenda item

Lesley Wyman introduced her report to the Health and Wellbeing Board, which sought to give an update on the arrangements being put in place to coordinate the action plan for the Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Following the consultation on the Strategy it was agreed by the Board that delivery plans should be developed to support the priorities contained within the Strategy. It had also been acknowledged that where possible, existing strategic/steering groups could focus their work on how the priorities would be addressed.

Lesley Wyman reported that she had met with colleagues from both Adult Social Care and the CCG to discuss what groups were already in place and which groups needed to be set up. She welcomed suggestions from the Board on any other groups in existence that had been missed. Both the Mental Health Strategy Group and the Carers Strategy Group were ones which were already in existence that could take on the role.

It was suggested in the report that the three priorities, relating to the health and wellbeing of children and young people should be developed by a single group. Rachael Wardell agreed that this would be helpful and coherent. She was concerned however that children’s issues were a minority interest for the Board. Following feedback from a recent Ofsted Inspection, it had been clear that children’s issues had not carried the weight that they should. Rachael Wardell felt that the proposed children’s delivery group should be flexible with the ability to consider other issues when necessary outside of the three priorities.

Councillor Marcus Franks noted that children’s issues cut across many others and therefore asked if the children’s group would pick up on these. Lesley Wyman stated that there would end up being a matrix of adult’s and children’s issues.

Rachael Wardell felt that links between the groups needed to be made explicit and reiterated that the children’s group needed to remain flexible.

Adrian Barker highlighted that the Health and Wellbeing Strategy would be the linking document. Since the Strategy was approved, Adrian Barker stated that the NHS Forward View had been developed and therefore queried if the Strategy should be taking a longer view including the integration agenda and a better model for care. The NHS Forward View had gained support from all major partners and consisted of the themes; prevention; patient and care empowerment; integrated care and Innovation. Adrian Barker felt that if changes were to be made to the Strategy in the future then it was likely they would fall under these themes and therefore suggested the delivery groups should be asked to work to these. Lesley Wyman reported that she was pulling together a draft template for the delivery groups to use and would explore using these themes in doing so.

Adrian Barker further queried what timescales were in place for delivery groups and Councillor Franks stated that the Terms of Reference and action plantemplate would be agreed at the first meeting of each delivery group.

The Health and Wellbeing Board supported Lesley Wyman’s report as a way forward in coordinating the action plan for the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

RESOLVED that the Terms of Reference and Action Plan template be drafted for each Delivery Group and agreed by the Management Group. These will then be discussed/agreed at the first meeting of each delivery group.