Issue - meetings

Purpose: The Annual Report provides a summary of the work of the West Berkshire Health and Wellbeing Board in 2024/25. It outlines progress made in working towards the strategic objectives of the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Berkshire West and implementation of the Delivery Plan for West Berkshire. It demonstrates how the Board has continued to assess the health needs of the local population. It also shows how the Board has sought to improve integration of Health and Social Care through the Better Care Fund.

Council considered the annual report of the Health and Wellbeing Board for 2024/25 (Agenda Item 12).

MOTION: Proposed by Councillor Heather Codling and seconded by Councillor Patrick Clark:

“That Council is informed about the contents of the Health and Wellbeing Board Annual Report 2024/25.”

Councillor Codling introduced the report and highlighted that it was the second such annual report produced which outlined the past year’s work of the Board. In 2024/25, the Board worked to oversee all the different bodies involved in public health and examined the efficacy of the work being done.

Council noted that the Board planned to be more proactive in changing the direction of health outcomes in the upcoming year, making the meetings more practical and less formal. Members welcomed the desire to make the Board more efficient and thanked them for their work over the past year.

Council agreed to note the report.