Update on progress with developing the Cheshire East Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board
To receive a verbal update from the Portfolio Holder for Health and Wellbeing
Minutes:
Councillor Clowes, Portfolio Holder for Health and Wellbeing, updated the Committee on progress with developing the shadow Health and Wellbeing Board.
She explained that the transition arrangements for public health into the local authority were progressing smoothly, as was the transition from the Primary Care Trust to the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
The Board had received a briefing on the transition from the Local Involvement Network to Healthwatch, from Jill Greenwood, Commissioning Manager at the Council. The Board had also received a briefing on the Welfare Reform Act from Juliet Blackburn, Performance and Partnerships Manager.
A meeting had been held with the Chief Officer of the Cheshire East Council for Voluntary Services regarding how the Board could work with the voluntary sector; discussions were ongoing.
Members discussed the membership of the Board, which in Cheshire East was currently based on the statutory membership. It was queried whether this would be limiting and whether there should be wider membership to reflect the contribution made to wellbeing from a wide ranging number of organisations and postholders. There were various models from different areas. The Portfolio Holder explained that there were likely to be a number of Working Groups set up by the Board to look at specific issues such as Ageing Well. She was also attending a meeting in London shortly where learning would be shared and the membership of the Board was still under consideration.
RESOLVED: that the update be noted.