Committee details - Health & Wellbeing Board

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)