Agenda item

The Board considered a report of the Director of Public Health regarding proposed changes to the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JLHWS) 2022-2032. A copy of the report, marked ‘Agenda Item 8’, is filed with these minutes.

Arising from discussions the following points were noted:

(i)           The proposed changes had been considered by the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 3 September 2025. The Committee had gained assurances that issues were not being removed from the Strategy altogether but streamlined in the commitments, with detail retained in accompanying delivery plans that would follow on from the review. Reassurance was also given that the Strategy would address the health and wellbeing of people post-retirement.

(ii)         Simplifying the commitments in the JLHWS made the document more accessible and easy to read. Phase 2 of the project work would cover the delivery plans and how progress with the commitments could be measured.

(iii)        Whilst the review had originally been intended to be ‘light-touch’, it became a more in-depth piece of work. Officers were thanked for the thorough and comprehensive nature of their work.

(iv)       It was emphasised that to make the Strategy worthwhile it needed to be effectively communicated to wider partners and the public. In response reassurance was given that comms and engagement workstreams were being put in place. Feedback had already been received from the public regarding how the previous Strategy had been perceived by the public.

RESOLVED:

That the Board:

(a)        Approves the recommended changes to the current Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2032 as part of the current review;

(b)        Approves the approach to the next phase of the review including indicative timescales.