Agenda item

To consider the Health and Wellbeing Strategy Strategic Delivery Plan and KPI’s within the Delivery Plan. (30 mins)

The Board received the Health and Wellbeing Strategy Strategic Delivery Plan.

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

·         Board members were reminded that there were four main priorities that underpinned the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

·         Darrell Gale took the Board through actions under each priority including Promoting ‘Making Every Contact Count’ approach across all services, beginning with most deprived LSOAS and new SDLs.’  Katie Summers commented that this needed to be implemented across all of the Berkshire West, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire authorities.  Judith Ramsden stated that points of commonality needed to be ascertained.

·         A proposed action was ‘Testing in one or more Neighbourhood Policing Teams a Police Officer taking role of Community Navigator.’  Board members felt that this was an innovative proposal.

·         With regards to the proposed action, ‘Reduce percentage of those who are deemed inactive from 20.9% to 18% by 2018 in the specific areas’, Katie Summers commented that a key workstream of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Sustainability Transformation Plan was physical activity in the digital sphere.  Nicola Strudley asked whether the Patient Portal could use data from Fitbits.  Board members were informed of a pilot scheme involving fitness trackers that was under consideration.  Beverley Graves informed the Board of an event that the Central Berkshire Education Business Partnership would be hosting on 20 July for Bulmershe School to encourage young people to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.  It was suggested that the young people could also be another audience for the pilot.

·         It was important to agree what was needed for Borough residents.  The Board agreed that specific messages could be better communicated.  Judith Ramsden suggested that community engagement events be planned. 

·         The Board considered how the action plan would be monitored.  Many of the action plan actions were process oriented, reflecting the new 21^st Century Council structure.  A short progress report on the action plan would be presented to the Board every other meeting (October; February and June meetings).  The Board would receive exceptions from each quarter’s Public Health Outcomes Framework at each Board meeting and also the high-level metrics.  Board members felt that the metrics needed to be worked up more so that they linked more coherently with the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

·         Actions from the Better Care Fund action plan would be incorporated into the Health and Wellbeing Strategy action plan.

·         It was agreed that a glossary of terms would be produced to be included in future Health and Wellbeing Board meeting agendas.  This would be useful for non-health Board members in particular.

·         Katie Summers suggested that there needed to be greater PR and communication work around the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.  Judith Ramsden commented that a resource could be made available to further working with the communities.  It was also proposed that Healthwatch Wokingham Borough assist in the promotion of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

RESOLVED: That the Board approve this Action Plan to support delivery of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and gives full support to all involved in its delivery during the next three years.