Agenda item - Brighton and Hove Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2019-30 Delivery Plan

Report of the Director of Public Health and Adult Social Care (copy attached)

RESOLVE D – That the Board approves the establishment of the process to develop the Healthand Wellbeing Plan.

8.1       The Board considered a joint report of the Director of Public Health, Health Executive Director, Adult Social Care and the Deputy Managing Director, South, Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group which set out the Brighton and Hove Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2019-2030 Delivery Plan.

8.2       It was noted that one of the key duties of the Health and Wellbeing Board was to prepare and publish a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy to meet the needs identified in the Joint Strategic Needs assessment (JSNA). The new Strategy had been agreed unanimously at the Board’s meeting in March 2019. This was the overarching strategy for the Board which set out how the organisations represented on the Board, along with partner organisations and communities would improve the health and wellbeing of people in Brighton and Hove. The strategy vision was that everyone in Brighton and Hove would have the best opportunity to live a healthy, happy and fulfilling life. This paper described the process for developing the Health and Wellbeing Plan to deliver the aspirations of the strategy and how Board Members would provide system leadership to enable delivery of the Plan and have oversight of its implementation.

8.3       The Director of Public Health and Executive Director, Adult Social Care explained that the strategy had built on work carried out earlier in the year intended ultimately to align services and delivery and to feed into the key areas identified for each life stage, the four “wells”, starting well, living well, ageing well and dying well. The next step would be to develop an overarching Health and Wellbeing Plan detailing how these aspirations would be delivered.

8.4       Councillor Shanks referred to the links between poor diet and health enquiring regarding strategies in place to address this and enquiring to what extend this was within the control of local partners. It was explained there were various strategies in place, including measures such as “Poverty Proofing the School Day” and health education to give tips for providing healthy and nutritious meals via various initiatives around the city and via the produce provided at the city’s food banks.

8.5       In answer to further questions of Councillor Shanks, the Chief Executive explained that Officers and Councillors would be fully involved in dialogue via the appropriate Committees and in implementation of the strands of work identified in the strategy going forward. Work was being carried out through existing groups and bodies in concert with the CCG to that end.

8.6       Councillor Bagaeen considered the information provided and set out in the strategy was helpful asking how the work to be undertaken as part of the strategy was measured. It was explained that the strategy was a “living” document and that performance against the benchmarks set was measured using a traffic light system of red, amber and green. Ms Banjoko, CCG explained that a number of initiatives underpinned the four wells, for example, a dementia friends scheme sought to meet national and local targets. A considerable amount of data was available already and was being used as a tool for future delivery and to ensure that it linked into the strategy.

8.7       Councillor Nield, referred to “dying well” stating that this appeared to be the least developed of the strategies. It was confirmed that a lot of work was being undertaken in this area and that the outcome of the work being undertaken currently and arising from dialogue with partners would be announced later in the year. There was a need for decisions to made in the light of fully rounded conversations having taken place and a need for all parties to contribute. The process needed to be cross-working and collaborative.

8.8       Councillor Bagaeen referred to the role that utilisation of the city’s open spaces cold play and to the need to target available resources appropriately in order to move the strategy forward.

8.9       Councillor Appich, concurred agreeing that there was lot of green space within her own ward which appeared to be under-utilised. Encouraging better community use would be cost effective and provide beneficial health benefits.

8.10    The Executive Director, Families, Children and Learning, explained that discussions were taking place within the schools’ sector and with other partners in order ascertain how these spaces could be best used.

8.11    The Chair, Councillor Moonan, that it was very important for the Board to be engaged with and for members’ input to be built into the process. Periodic reports would be brought back to the Board as integral to its role in monitoring that process.

8.12    RESOLVED – That the Board approves the establishment of the process to develop the Healthand Wellbeing Plan.