Issue - meetings

Report by Corporate Directors, Carolyn Godfrey and Maggie Rae

Councillor Keith Humphries presented a report which outlined the importance of Wiltshire’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and the main considerations for Wiltshire Council. The Strategy was also presented for Cabinet’s consideration.

Cllr Humphries noted that the Strategy had been the subject of consultation including with the Area Boards and Scrutiny.  The Strategy had four key aims:

Living longer, living healthily for longer and enjoying a good quality of life, living independently for longer and living fairly – reducing the higher levels of ill health faced by some less well-off communities.

These aims would be delivered by the actions set out under four key themes, namely, prevention, independence, engagement and safeguarding. The Leader explained many of these initiatives had since also been included in the Better Care Plan.

Resolved:

That Cabinet note the importance of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and its bearing on the delivery of Council services.

Reason for decision:

The plans of Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS England, and Wiltshire Council for commissioning services must be informed by the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Where plans are not in line with the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment or Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy then CCGs, NHS England and Wiltshire Council must be able to explain why.