Health and Wellbeing Board Update
To receive an update on the Health and Wellbeing Board
Minutes:
Councillor Janet Clowes, the Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board gave an oral update of the Board’s recent activity. Councillor Clowes informed the Committee that the Board held monthly meetings alternating between formal public and informal private meetings each month. At its most recent meeting the Board had considered the health elements of the Local Plan and the introduction of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) into the planning process. Councillor Clowes informed the Committee that the Health and Adult Social Care Policy Development Group was developing a policy and toolkits for HIAs. She suggested that in the future the Committee would be able to assess effectiveness of the policy and toolkits in ensuring housing and other developments had a positive impact on health.
Councillor Clowes also presented the Committee with a diagram illustrating the major projects in the Health & Adult Social Care, Sports & Leisure Portfolio. Projects included: creating a leisure charitable trust; supported housing strategy; adult social care funding reform; Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JSNA & JHWS); and the Director of Public Health Annual Report.
RESOLVED – That the update be noted.