Agenda and decisions

To note that the County Council’s Lead Member for Health, Mr. M. Squires CC, has been appointed Chairman.

That the information provided in the report be noted.

(a)        That the progress made thus far be noted;

(b)        That the direction of travel outlined in the report be supported.

That the Board agrees:

(a)        To raise awareness of the Community Resilience Strategy 2024-25 within members’ organisations and networks;

(b)        To identify activities and actions from members’ organisations that could be included in the Delivery Plan;

(c)         To work with LLR Prepared in supporting communities to plan for, respond to and recover from emergencies.

(a)        That the work undertaken to produce the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025, which has been developed in line with the findings of public and pharmacy surveys, be noted;

(b)        That the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 be approved for statutory consultation;

(c)         That the Board notes that a further report will be considered by the Board at its meeting in September 2025 detailing the outcome of the consultation and seeking approval of the final Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025.

That the aims outlined within the strategy be noted.

(a)        That the feedback from the development session evaluations be noted;

(b)        That the recommendations and key themes that came out of the sessions be noted;

(c)         That the Board agrees that the next iteration of HWB Development sessions will commence in 2026 and the focus of these sessions will be determined by Health and Wellbeing Board members, taking into consideration feedback gathered from previous sessions.

a) That the performance against the Better Care Fund outcome metrics, and the positive progress made in transforming health and care pathways in 2024-25 be noted;

b)  That the year-end Better Care Fund 2024-25 template, attached as the appendix to the report, be approved for submission to NHS England for the 6th June, 2025 submission deadline;

(a)        That the Leicestershire Better Care Fund Plan 2025-26, including the Planning Template, Demand and Capacity template and Narrative document, be noted;

(b)        That the action taken by the Chief Executive of Leicestershire County Council, following consultation with the Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board, to approve the Better Care Fund Year 2025-26 report and use powers of delegation to approve this by the NHS England submission deadline of 31st March 2025, be noted.

(a)    That the progress being made in relation to delivering against the Living and Supported Well & Dying Well strategic priorities be noted;

(b)    That the progress being made in relation to delivering against the cross-cutting priorities be noted.

(a)        That the progress being made in relation to delivering against the Staying Healthy, Safe & Well priority be noted;

(b)        That the progress being made in relation to delivering against the cross-cutting priorities be noted.

The next meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board will be held on Thursday 25 September 2025 at 2.00pm.