Issue - items at meetings - Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy

84.1    Giles Rossington, Health and Wellbeing Board Business Manager, presented a report on how the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) priorities were set, what the priorities were and how the strategy had been agreed. He then answered members’ questions.

84.2    Members asked whether the Public Health annual report on happiness fed into the HWB strategy.

Mr Rossington said that the HWB priorities were based on the same evidence that had been presented in the Public Health annual report so there were very close links between the work areas. In addition, Dr Scanlon and Denise D’Souza also sat on the HWB so they could ensure that the priorities were shared.

84.3    Members asked how reactive the HWB would be to new priorities that might emerge over the next few years.

Mr Rossington said that the HWB was a very high level strategy but that each of the five priorities had more detailed work plans attached to them. It is likely that the objectives would stay the same but that the action plan could be amended where needed.

84.4    Members said that there were other priorities for the city that were not reflected in the HWB, for example alcohol – where was this work being covered?

Mr Rossington said that the HWB had actively chosen not to prioritise work that was being covered by partnerships elsewhere. In the case of alcohol, the Alcohol Programme Board had been set up following the intelligent commissioning pilot. It was hard to see what added value the HWB would be able to add to this existing partnership work.

84.5    Members thanked Mr Rossington for his update, commenting that they looked forward to hearing more about the work of the HWB in due course.