Agenda item

Health and Wellbeing Strategy Priorities

Oscar Holden, Corporate Improvement Officer and Emily Parry-Harries, Director of Public Health, to present an update on the Board’s Strategy priorities

 

 

Minutes:

Oscar Holden, Corporate Improvement Officer, gave the following powerpoint presentation on the Board’s 2025-30 strategy priorities:-

 

Priority

Metrics

Priority One – We will reduce the prevalence of smoking in Rotherham by 5% by 2030

Smoking rate (from existing Public Health metrics)

Proportion of local smoking population who set a quite date (Department for Health and Social Care data)

 

Priority Two – We will increase the mental health of the people of Rotherham towards the national average by 2030

Happiness measure for adults and a similar source for children and young people (from the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment)

Life satisfaction question (Office of National Statistics)

 

Priority Three – We will increase the proportion of people who feel they have the care and resources they need to support their own health

Measure for soft services access

Measure for families and wider support

 

 

 

Priority Four - People in Rotherham have access to environments that promote their health and wellbeing and they understand why this matters

Community Safety measure (from existing Safer Rotherham Partnership metrics)

Physical activity is measured at least annually (Sport England measure but opportunities to include local information as part of work programme)

 

Since the 26th November Board meeting, further consultation had taken place with the Public Health Data Intelligence Team and members of the Health and Wellbeing Board to refine the metrics to arrive at the suggestions above.

 

A streamlined version of the current action plan was also discussed that represented the actions of the Board as a 12 month rolling programme.  A final version was to be submitted to the next meeting following consultation with the Executive Group.

 

If agreed, the new priority metrics would be added to the Rotherham Health and Wellbeing Strategy as an appendix and the new action plan format used as from March 2026.

 

Discussion ensued with the following issues raised/clarified:-

 

-        The Integrated Care Board Forward Plan was listed on the action plan for consideration at the June, 2026, Board meeting.  However, there was a lot of organisational change taking place and probably still ongoing at that time so may not be appropriate for consideration.  From a national perspective there was guidance to be issued shortly around Neighbourhoods and the connect to Health and Wellbeing Boards.  The timings were not known but was definitely something that would need to be discussed at the Board at a future date

 

-        Which metrics of the Safer Rotherham Partnership (SRP) were to be considered under Priority Four as there were a number (approximately 40 metrics) which would not map across naturally into the Health and Wellbeing remit.  It was the understanding that the metrics were already covered by the SRP but checks would be made as to which ones they would be

 

-        It was important that the views of Rotherham’s children and young people were taken into account in the Strategy/priorities and metrics.  The feedback that had been received from the various meetings would be revisited next year when the forward plan was refreshed to ensure that it had all been captured

 

-        It was felt that the wording for Priority Two needed some tweaking

 

Resolved:-  That the priority metrics for the 2025-30 Health and Wellbeing Strategy be approved.

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