Agenda item

To be updated on the Health and Wellbeing Board refresh. (30 mins)

Priority 1 – Enabling and empowering resilient communities;

Priority 2 – Promoting and supporting good mental health;

Priority 3 - Reducing health inequalities in our Borough;

Priority 4 – Delivering person-centred integrated services.

Graham Ebers, Director Corporate Services presented a report proposing a refresh of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

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

·         The Health and Wellbeing Board were asked to support a refresh and for their thoughts about what might help reinvigorate the collective efforts of partners in the delivery of the Health and Wellbeing Board’s agreed four key priorities.

·         The Board considered ideas for improvements including more focused and time limited agenda items and agenda items being clearly linked to at least one of the four key priorities with clearly stated outcomes.

·         Board members felt that the Board’s remit and Terms of Reference should be reviewed to ensure that they reflected the current priorities.

·         Public engagement could be improved through greater publicity of meetings.  It was suggested that lessons be learnt from good practice by other Health and Wellbeing Boards. 

·         In order to create more vibrant meetings it was proposed that outside organisations be invited to provide presentations on how they were helping to contribute to the delivery of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy priorities.  A protocol for attendees would be developed.  Katie Summers suggested that a representative from the Bicester Healthy Town, a community led initiative, be invited to present at a future meeting.

·         The Board agreed that resourcing capacity to support the facilitation, co-ordination and policy issues in respect of the Board should be reviewed. 

·         Paul Senior indicated that the Board should consider what was working well, future requirements of the Borough and decisions currently being taken.  There was a need to develop community capital.  He also emphasised that collective responsibility and ownership was important.

·         Councillor Haitham Taylor commented that improvements still needed to be made to the performance dashboard.  Greater focus on outcomes was required. 

·         Nicola Strudley stated that she sat on another Health and Wellbeing Board and that it focused on the difference that they as a Board could make.  They had agreed to focus on four particular campaigns for three months.  For example some schools in their area undertook the daily mile and the Board was encouraging other schools to also sign up in an effort to reduce obesity.

·         It was considered that an enhanced collective contribution towards the four key priorities could be achieved by:

Ø  a stronger alignment of respective business cycles;

Ø  renewed discussions with the Board’s sub groups around actions to achieve the key priorities;

Ø  review representation at Health & Wellbeing Board.

·         Other suggestions for improvement included tailored training by the Local Government Association and site visits to other Board meetings to view good practice.

·         The Board discussed the forward programme.  Katie Summers commented that a lot of matters that the Board had considered previously primarily had a health focus or focused on the integration of services.  Going forwards the Board’s work programme needed to be reprioritised.  She went on to comment that although there were national issues which the Board needed to be aware of, it was up to the Board members to drive the local agenda.  Clare Rebbeck stated that there should be an increased focus on wellbeing on agendas.

·         Graham Ebers, Director Corporate Services proposed that he, Katie Summers, Darrell Gale and Paul Senior review the forward programme.

RESOLVED:  That the refresh proposed be supported,