Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

Recommendation:

That Cabinet endorse Rotherham’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-2030.

Consideration was given to the report which presented Rotherham’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-2030 for endorsement. The 2020-2025 Rotherham Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy was due to expire and work had been undertaken to develop a new Strategy for 2025-2030. The Strategy, attached as Appendix 1 to the report, had been considered and approved by the Health and Wellbeing Board, and was presented for endorsement along with an overview of the methods and evidence used to develop it.

Since September 2024, a cross-organisational working group had met to oversee a programme of consultation and evidence review to support the development of the 2025-2030 Strategy. This work had included interviews with Board members; a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) evidence review; a review of health and care related consultations undertaken during the past 5 years; a stakeholder survey; and direct engagement with the public.

Following the consultation and evidence review, the vision of the Strategy had been agreed as follows: to enable the people of Rotherham to live happy, healthy, independent lives within thriving communities, regardless of background and personal circumstance. The aims focussed on children and young people; physical health for all people; mental health for all people; and the wider determinants of health. Paragraph 2.2 of the report set out the 7 ways of working that would delivery the aims of the Strategy.

The Health and Wellbeing Board had agreed that there should be a small number of high-priority areas for the Strategy to focus on. It had therefore been suggested that a process be put in place to identify priorities which:

a)      required intervention from multiple organisations working together;

b)      would have a significant impact on the general population or on one of Rotherham’s key vulnerable groups;

c)      were amenable to substantial, measurable progress being made within 5 years.

A stakeholder prioritisation event would be held in September 2025 to identify, consider and decide on a small number of key priorities for the Board to focus on over the next 5 years. While the priorities would be separate from the Strategy and could be refreshed or reviewed during the 5 year period, the mechanisms for selecting and identifying priority areas of work were a part of the Strategy.

Resolved:

That the Rotherham’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-2030  be endorsed.