Agenda item

To approve.

This report presents the draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy for approval to allow for formal consultation to proceed.

Rachel Soni and Joe Nguyen introduced the item, and raised the following points:

1.     The Strategy was a document which set out the ambition and vision for the health and wellbeing of the residents in the Boroughs. There were ten key ambitions and various outcomes related to each ambition.

2.     There were still errors in this draft which would be corrected and there was still time to make changes based on feedback received at the meeting.

3.     Feedback had been taken as to how to improve the consultation methodology.

4.     The Strategy would be provided in a hard copy form, as well as an interactive online version.

5.     It allowed NHS partners to work differently with other public sector partners, such as schools and housing departments.

6.     The North West London Integrated Care System were also consulting on their Strategy and this linked to it on a more local level.

7.     The Strategy supported broader social and economic development.

8.     Board Members were asked to help to share the Strategy and to feature it in their own organisational and business plans.

A demonstration was provided of the online, interactive version of the Strategy.

The Chair invited comments from Board Members on the Strategy, and the following points were raised:

1.     Healthwatch noted that they were working with Council colleagues to provide anveasy read version of the document.

2.     It was important that it set out the issues, as well as the ambitions.

3.     Suggested having an access page for residents to use so they know who to contact for an issue and how to do so.

4.     To maintain it as a live document that could be edited as the demographic of residents’ changes.

5.     Greater reference to the Grenfell Tragedy and the support in place for bereaved, survivors and the local residents to be added.

6.     Asked to revisit those who helped to develop the Strategy in its early stages to gain their feedback on the changes made.

7.     An appendix would be added to provide the dates of the statistics referenced in the Strategy.

8.     It needed to be made clear how the Strategy fitted in with other key documents.

9.     Suggested adding reference to the planning cycles and incremental achievements at the start of the document and revisiting it at the end.

10. Partners needed to know clearly what their role was in relation to the Strategy.

The Chair then invited comments from members of the public who were in attendance, and the following points were raised:

1.     It was shared that residents’ interests included the impact of climate change on health and wellbeing, the impact of mental ill health on health and wellbeing, and the importance of working closely with the voluntary sector andncommunities.

2.     It was also echoed that Grenfell recovery should be a stronger focus throughout the Strategy, as those impacted were starting to experience the longer-term impacts of the tragedy.

RESOLVED:

The Board noted the work carried out to date to develop the draft 10-year Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

The Board approved the draft strategy for consultation and agreed to endourse and promote the consultaion through their local networks and partnerships.