Issue - meetings

To review the terms of reference of the Wokingham Borough Wellbeing Board. (15 mins)

The Board considered proposed amendments to the Committee’s terms of reference.

During the discussion of this item the following points were made:

·         It was proposed that the Member Board members be able to have substitutes.

·         When the Wellbeing Board had first been established the membership had been much smaller and it had been agreed that only the Chairman, Healthwatch representative and one member of the Clinical Commissioning Group have voting rights.  It was proposed that in the event of a vote being required there would be one vote per Board Member.

·         It was agreed that Superintendent Felicity Parker be added to the Board membership as the Community Safety Partnership and Thames Valley Police representative.

·         Board members agreed to invite a representative from the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service to be a member of the Board.

·         It was suggested that provider representatives be co-opted on to the Board for a time limited period, as and when required.

·         Tessa Lindfield requested that clearer reference be made to the Board’s responsibility for promoting integration.

RESOLVED:  That the proposed amendments to the terms of reference for the Wokingham Borough Wellbeing Board attached as Appendix 1 to the report and discussed at the meeting be recommended to Council via the Constitution Review Working Group for approval.