Issue - meetings

To present the updated Governance Structure and to agree the Chairs of the Health and Wellbeing Board’s Strategy Delivery Outcome groups.

The Board received a report proposing Chairs for the three delivery groups that had been proposed at the previous meeting of the Board. Each delivery group corresponded with one of the outcomes of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and the intention was to provide a mechanism for the delivery, monitoring and reporting of the Strategy. It was noted that further work was needed around wider mapping of the current partnership structure and how the delivery groups would link in with this.

·        It was suggested that, as the Children and Young People’s strategy shared the same outcome as Outcome 1 of the HWB Strategy, the same delivery group should work on this issue in order to avoid duplication.

·        It was felt that the work of the existing Mental Health Partnership Board needed to be looked at alongside the proposed remit of the Outcome 3 delivery group, in order to deliver an integrated approach and avoid duplication.

·        It was agreed that Claire Kowalska and Jeanelle de Gruchy would discuss the way in which Community Safety could link in effectively with this structure outside the meeting. It was noted that the delivery groups would need to be flexible in order to deal with cross-cutting issues.

·        The Board requested to see the terms of reference of the delivery groups as these emerged. In order not to delay the development of the groups, it was agreed that these would be circulated by email so that Board Members could comment before the next scheduled Board meeting in October.

·        It was noted that Adults Services had been undertaking work recently around aligning with the partnership boards, and would submit some comments and proposals on how this might work in respect of the HWB delivery groups.

·        The Board discussed the accountability of the delivery groups to the Board, and how the work of the groups would be reported up to the Board. It was proposed that the delivery groups would report into the senior officers group, who would then report into the Board. The format of the reporting was under discussion, but it was anticipated that this would be on an exception basis so that the Board could consider any concerns or barriers to delivery that had been identified, and look at how these could be addressed.

·        It was agreed that the role of Healthwatch in relation to the delivery groups would be explored further, as this would be a useful link.

RESOLVED

That the changes to the governance structure as recommended in May 2013 be agreed, and that the Chairs of the delivery groups be agreed as follows:

Outcome 1 Delivery Group (Giving every child the best start in life) – Jan Doust (Deputy Director Prevention and Early Intervention, CYPS)

Outcome 2 Delivery Group (Reducing the life expectancy gap) – Fiona Wright (Assistant Director of Public Health)

Outcome 3 Delivery Group (Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing) – Jill Shattock (Director of Commissioning, Haringey Clinical Commissioning Group)