Issue - meetings

To consider a report regarding the Strategy into Action (20 mins)

Graham Ebers updated the Board on Strategy into Action.

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

·         Graham Ebers referred to the actions identified to tackle the three main priorities, and the organisations that would be responsible for leading this action.  He requested a contribution from a greater number of partners.  Board members were asked to feed back to Charlotte Seymour with information.

·         Graham Ebers emphasised that the actions needed to be deliverable.

·         The Public Health indicators had been used to help develop the performance dashboard.  Carol Anne Bidwell indicated that work was being done to group the actions into themes.

·         In response to a question from Dr Winfield, Graham Ebers highlighted the current representation in the Strategy into Action Group. 

·         The Board discussed how actions that the CCG was responsible for leading could be fed in.  It was noted that Andrew Price from the CCG would be working with Ruksana Sardar-Akram, the Interim Consultant in Public Health on this matter.

·         Tessa Lindfield asked about timescales for delivering the action plan.  Graham Ebers commented that it would be for more than one year.

RESOLVED:  That

1)        the update and progress to date for the Wellbeing Strategy be noted and the implementation of Strategy into Action be supported.

2)        the Board require partners to be actively completing their relevant organisations’ actions against the three key priorities in the action plan.

3)        a Wellbeing Board presence at the International Day for Older Persons event on 1^st October, be agreed.