Agenda

To elect the Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board for the 2025/26 municipal year.

To elect the Vice-Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board for the 2025/26 municipal year.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 6 March 2025.

To consider outstanding actions from previous meeting(s).

To remind Members of the need to record the existence and nature of any personal, disclosable pecuniary or other registrable interests in items on the agenda, in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct.

The following are considered to be standing declarations applicable to all Health and Wellbeing Board meetings:

·       Councillor Patrick Clark – Governor of Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Governor of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and West Berkshire Council representative on the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Partnership; and

·       Councillor Jo Stewart – works for the Royal Berks Charity which is part of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, and spouse is Head of Contract Management at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Members of the Health and Wellbeing Board to answer questions submitted by members of the public in accordance with the Meeting Rules contained in the Council’s Constitution.

(Note: There were no questions submitted relating to items not included on this Agenda.)

Councillors or Members of the public may present any petition which they have received.

Purpose: To agree any changes to Health and Wellbeing Board membership.

Purpose: To provide an update on behalf of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board.

Purpose: This report presents the findings of the Local Government Association (LGA) review of the West Berkshire Health and Wellbeing Board, and sets out proposals for how the Board could revise its governance arrangements and working practices in response to the feedback received.

Purpose: To gain formal sign-off for West Berkshire’s Better Care Fund Plan 2025-2026.

Purpose: To agree the proposed approach for updating the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.

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.

Purpose: To provide a summary of the progress achieved through the Delivering Better Value (DBV) Programme. This report also outlines the anticipated cumulative cost avoidance on the high needs block, next steps and priorities for sustaining improvements beyond the programme’s formal end.

Purpose: To provide an update from the Safeguarding Children Partnership on issues they are facing and recent successes.

Purpose: To provide an update from the Safeguarding Adults Board on issues they are facing and recent successes.

Purpose: To provide a summary of recent activities and future actions for each of the Health and Wellbeing Board Sub-Groups.

Members of the Health and Wellbeing Board to answer questions submitted by Councillors in accordance with the Meeting Rules contained in the Council’s Constitution.

(Note: There were no questions submitted relating to items not included on this Agenda.)

An opportunity for Members of the Health and Wellbeing Board to suggest items to go on to the Forward Plan.

The next meeting will be at 09:30am on 24 September 2024. Future meetings will be subject to review.