Agenda item

The Board considered a report of the Director of Public Health, Law and Governance which asked the Board to amend the wording of a commitment in the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JLHWS) (Reviewed and Revised 2022-2032), approve the easy read document of the JLHWS, and note the first iteration of the delivery plan. A copy of the report, marked ‘Agenda Item 7’, is filed with these minutes.

Arising from discussions the following points were noted:

(i)           There would be regular progress reports regarding all four areas of the JLHWS. The Operational Delivery Groups which sat under the Health and Wellbeing Board would have quarterly performance updates.

(ii)         It was important to be able to demonstrate value and positive outcomes from the JLHWS work, and each Action in the Delivery Plan had a success measure aligned to it and an indicator in the dashboard. However, it was not always easy to demonstrate the cause of improvements and effect of the work taking place. Obesity was one issue affected by lots of different factors which made it difficult to assess the impact of interventions. One of the success measures for the First 1001 Critical Days Delivery Plan was a ‘sustained reduction in A&E attendances for 0-4 years’.

(iii)        The Better Care Fund outcomes would be aligned in the dashboard with the JSNA outcomes.

(iv)       With regards Dying Well there would be more reliance on qualitative data and case studies as less quantitative data was available.

(v)         One of the commitments in the JLHWS was Supporting Independent Living and it was suggested that housing should be linked to this commitment as well as the role played by the voluntary sector. In response, reassurance was given that the Integration Executive and Staying Healthy Partnership would have oversight of these issues, but consideration would be given to any gaps that were identified.

(vi)       Work was now commencing on the development of neighbourhood plans as an addendum to the delivery plan, setting out local priorities and supporting delivery at place level. Members emphasised the importance of this work. It was suggested that there needed to be a common understanding amongst partners regarding the definition of a neighbourhood.

(vii)      A member noted that care leavers were considered to have a protected characteristic and emphasised the importance of ensuring that care leavers were able to access services.

RESOLVED:

(a)        That the change of wording to the ‘healthy homes’ commitment in the Staying Healthy Safe & Well life course priority within the Joint Local Health & Wellbeing Strategy (JLHWS) be approved;

(b)        That the easy read document of the JLHWS be approved;

(c)         That the JLHWS Delivery Plan be noted.