Agenda item

Andrew Turvey, Consultant in Public Health to present the new Strategy for approval.

Andrew Turvey reported that the 2020-2025 Rotherham Health and Wellbeing Strategy was due for refresh this year.  Since September 2024, a working group had met to oversee a programme of consultation and evidence review to support the development of the 2025-2030 Strategy. 

The draft Strategy consisted of:-

Overview of evidence gathering process

-        Summary of consultation work and approach

·        Board members – 1:1 discussions

·        Working Group – shaping the engagement plan

·        Stakeholders – working group, bespoke survey, individual submissions, events

·        Population – review of existing consultation; bespoke survey

·        Evidence – JSNA and partnership discussion around opportunity

-        Follow-up at Board development session to agree focus of content

Vision – To enable the people of Rotherham to live happy, healthy, independent lives within thriving communities regardless of background and personal circumstance

Our strategic aims

1.      Enable all children and young people up to age 25 to have the best start in life, maximise their capabilities and have influence and control over their lives

2.      Support the people of Rotherham to live in good and improving physical health throughout their lives, accessing and shaping the services and resources they need to be able to do so

3.      Support the people of Rotherham to live in good and improving mental health throughout their lives, accessing and shaping the services and resources they need to be able to do so

4.      Sustain an environment where detrimental impacts from commercial and wider determinants of health are reduced and opportunities for healthier living are nurtured

Our ways of working

-        Ensuring our practice is evidence informed

-        Applying a strong emphasis on prevention

-        Strengthening population, independence and resilience

-        Tackling health inequality and provide help to those that need it most

-        Taking a compassionate approach

-        Strengthening and making the most of community assets

-        Taking joint responsibility across the system to tackle difficult challenges

Next Steps

-        Prioritisation workshop in May

-        Narrow the focus from 16 priorities to 3 or 4

-        Select priorities which fit the following criteria:

·        Is it an issue which would benefit from cross-partner intervention?

·        Would tackling this issue have a significant impact on our population as a whole or on one of our key vulnerable groups?

·        Is it possible to make substantial measurable progress within the given timeframe?

-        Agree ways to come together and deliver

The Strategy

-        Will be published on the Health and Wellbeing Board website

-        Full version will not be printed

-        An easy-read version will be produced once the full version is approved

-        Require some additional prompts in cover papers for Board reports

Discussion ensued with issues raised on the draft Strategy as follows:-

·        Support for the Board to focus on 3/4 priority actions that could be realistically achieved in the 5 years

·        More emphasis on tackling inequalities

·        Possible alignment with RDaSH under the proposed third aim (mental health for all people) and work collectively

·        That the Children and Young People Partnership Board be invited to the workshop for their contributions

·        It was hoped to engage patients and communities in the decision making process.  Working was ongoing as to how to do that

·        The full document would not be printed.  The easy to read version would be printed as well as a 1 page summary and available in all partner locations

Resolved:-  (1)  That the stakeholder consultation that had taken place and how comments had been incorporated into the Strategy, where appropriate, be noted.

(2)  That Board members discuss the Strategy within their own organisations and networks.

(3)  That, following endorsement by partner organisations and the Cabinet, the Strategy be submitted to the September 2025 Board meeting for final sign-off.