Issue - meetings

-     Terri Roche, Director of Public Health, and Alison Illif, Public Health Specialist, to report

Further to the meeting on 30^th September, 2015, Alison Iliff, Public Health, reported that discussions had taken place with regard to the mechanism for implementation of the Strategy ensuring a commitment across all partner organisations and maximised use of existing partnerships to deliver the Strategy aims.

The report highlighted:-

-          Development of the Strategy action plan

The Children’s Partnership Board action plan would also form the action plan for Aims 1 and 2 of the Strategy.  The Board sponsor for the two aims (who would likely to also sit on the Children’s Trust Board) would use the wider Children’s Partnership to help deliver the Strategy action plans

       Work would take place to identify any existing partnership actions relating to Aims 3, 4 and 5 and, to help identify where the Health and Wellbeing Board could add value to specific actions and consider what was already in place locally, a series of one-off development workshops were proposed.  Aim 3: Mental and Emotional Health and Wellbeing would be trialled first. 

-          Role of Board members

A Board sponsor to be nominated for each of the Strategy aims who would champion the topic, work at a strategic level to raise the profile of the work being done, drive local delivery, address barriers and ensure strategic links/connections were made and exploited.  The sponsor would retain ultimate responsibility for the delivery of their aim(s). 

Board sponsors would be asked to nominate a representative on the Steering Group for their aim.

-          Health and Wellbeing Steering Group

Would support and steer the work of the Board, co-ordinate the work of the Strategy and action plans and inform the Board’s future work programme.

Healthwatch Rotherham would also be represented to ensure connection with local people and it would be chaired by the Director of Public Health.

It was proposed that the Steering Group be divided into two, the first as above and the second being a much smaller group to develop the work programme.

Discussion ensued on the report with the following comments made:-

·           Ian Thomas, Interim Strategic Director, Children and Young People’s Services, would be the link between the Children and Young People’s Partnership Board and the Health and Wellbeing Board

·           Should the nominated representative come from a different organisation than the Board Sponsor?

·           Ensure that reports submitted were specifically for the Board only and not being discussed on multiple occasions by other meetings

Resolved:-  (1)  That the implementation plan and governance arrangements for the Health and Wellbeing Board 2015-18 be approved.

(2)  That nominations for Board sponsors and nominated person be forwarded to Kate Green by Friday, 4^th December, 2015.

(3)  That the first development workshop be held on Aim 3: Mental and Emotional Health and Wellbeing.

(4)  That the Health and Wellbeing Strategy be circulated with any comments thereon submitted to Kate Green by Friday, 4^th December, 2015.