Committee details - Health & Wellbeing Board
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Health & Wellbeing Board
Purpose of committee
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
Voting members:-
5 elected Members
5 CCG representatives (For CCG to decide but expected Chair; Chief Operating Officer;
1 LMG Chair, 1 lay member and the Accountable Officer)
Non-voting members
Executive Director, Children Services
Executive Director, Adult Services
Director of Public Health
Representative from Healthwatch
Representative NHS England
Chair of Local Safeguarding Children’s Board
Chair of Adult Safeguarding Board
Membership
- Councillor Sue Shanks (Chair)
- Councillor Sarah Nield (Deputy Chair)
- Councillor Alan Robins (Opposition Spokesperson)
- Councillor Vanessa Brown (Group Spokesperson)
- Councillor Carmen Appich
- Lola Banjoko
- Joanna Martindale
- Tom Lambert
- Ashley Scarff
- Siobhan Melia
- Geoff Raw
- Deb Austin
- Rob Persey Statutory Director for Adult Care
- Alistair Hill Director of Public Health
- Dr Jane Padmore
- David Liley Healthwatch
- Dr Andy Heeps
- Annie Callahan
- Penny Jennings (Committee Administrator)
- Giles Rossington (Committee Administrator)
Contact information
Support officer: Penny Jennings. Democratic Services Officer
Postal address:
Room 167
First Floor
Hove Town Hall
Hove
BN3 3BQ
Phone: 01273 291065
Email: penny.jennings@brighton-hove.gov.uk