General
The
Health & Wellbeing Board (HWB) is established as a Committee of
the Council pursuant to Section 194 of the Health and Social Care
Act 2012 and the Local Authority (Public Health, Health and
Wellbeing Board and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013.
Purpose:
The
purpose of the Board is to provide system leadership to the health
and local authority functions relating to health & wellbeing in
Brighton & Hove. It promotes the health and wellbeing of the
people in its area through the development of improved and
integrated health and social care services.
The
HWB is responsible for the co-ordinated delivery of services across
adult social care, public health, and health and wellbeing of
children and young peoples’ services. This includes decision
making in relation to those services within Adult Services,
Children’s Services, Public Health and decisions relating to
the joint commissioning of children’s and adult social care
and health services (s75 agreements).
Composition
The
current membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board is:
3
elected Members of the Council (voting members)
2
representatives of the Sussex Integrated Care Board
1
representative of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
1
representative of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation
Trust
1
representative of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation
Trust
(3
of the above NHS members will be voting members)
1
representative of Healthwatch Brighton & Hove (non-voting
member)
2
representatives of the local Community & Voluntary Sector
(non-voting member)
1
representative of Sussex Police (non-voting member)
1
representative of the East Sussex Fire & Rescue Authority
(non-voting member)
1
representative of the University of Brighton (non-voting
member)
1
representative of the University of Sussex (non-voting
member)
Brighton & Hove Director of Public Health (non-voting
member)
Brighton & Hove City Council Chief Executive (non-voting
member)
Brighton & Hove City Council Director of Adult Social
Services (non-voting member)
Brighton & Hove Director of Childrens Services (non-voting
member)
