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

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