Health and Wellbeing Board - update
To receive a verbal update from the Portfolio Holder for Health and Adult Social Care
Minutes:
Councillor Clowes, Portfolio Holder for Health and Adult Social Care, updated on the following matters:
Local Healthwatch – tenders had
been sent out for the contract with interviews scheduled for the
end of November; Cabinet would then determine the award of the
contract;
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy – the consultation period
had now ended and the comments had been taken into account; the
Strategy would be submitted to Cabinet for approval;
Government guidance was due on the Health and Wellbeing Board Terms
of Reference prior to finalising them early next year;
Clinical Commissioning Groups were continuing to progress through
the authorisation process. Reference
was made to ensuring that the Covenant regarding Armed Forces
Veterans was taken into account.
RESOLVED: that the update be noted.