Health and Wellbeing Board Update
To receive an update on the Health and Wellbeing Board.
Minutes:
Councillor J Clowes provided an update on the Health and Wellbeing Board. She stated that the Board would officially begin operating on 1 April 2013.
The development of a Major Incident Strategy was being completed which would include a major role for the Director of Public Health. There was a Members briefing on how Public Health fitted into the Council on 12 March 2013 in Macclesfield.
The development of Healthwatch was progressing. Cheshire East Healthwatch would be a company limited by guarantee and independent from the Council. It would appoint new directors during the week commencing 18 March 2013.
New regulations relating to Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny were published during February 2013. These regulations were being examined to consider whether an amendment to the Health and Wellbeing Board’s terms of reference would be needed. If a change was needed the terms of reference would be submitted to the Committee for comment.