West
Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board
The
Health and Wellbeing Board brings together elected councillors and
key systems leaders from West Sussex’s health and social care
system to improve the health and wellbeing of our residents, reduce
the gap in health inequalities, and promote joined up working
across the health and social care system to ensure better quality
services for all. This includes the County Council, district and
borough councils, the NHS, acute, community and mental health
trusts, and the voluntary and community sector.
The
Board recognises that to improve health and wellbeing, and to
tackle health inequalities, we have to
work together; our strength lies in our position as systems
leaders, and our ability to champion the actions of our own and
partner’s organisations.
This whole systems approach is particularly pertinent
during these challenging times both locally and nationally, and we
want to reassure our local population that our Board members, our
systems leaders, are working together tirelessly to make the most
effective use of our combined resources, to protect and support our
residents and communities.
About the Board
The Health and Wellbeing Board is a forum
where key leaders from the health and care system work together to
improve the health and wellbeing of their local population and
reduce health inequalities.
The Board helps to give
communities a greater say in understanding and addressing their
local health and social care needs. To find
more detailed information about the Board (and how it operates), see Part 3, the
Scheme of Delegation, in
the County
Council’s
Constitution
library.
Our vision and
plans
It is our vision
that:
‘West Sussex
is a great place in which to grow up, achieve, raise a family and
grow old, in strong, safe and sustainable communities – it is
a place where improved health and wellbeing is experienced by all
our residents, and the health and wellbeing gap between communities
is reducing.’
We work on a number of priorities and plans
which supports this vision and are brought together in our
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy
(JHWS).
What else are
we responsible for?
We have
specific responsibilities for the following areas:
·
Assessment of the health and wellbeing needs of local
residents. This is known as the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
(JSNA).
·
Developing a
Joint Health and Wellbeing
Strategy to meet the health and wellbeing
needs identified in the JSNA.
·
Reducing the gap in health and wellbeing between communities.
·
Joining up health and care services
·
Reviewing and approving key health and wellbeing
plans and strategies such as the
Better Care
Fund plan, and
Clinical Commissioning Group commissioning plans
·
Producing and publishing the Pharmaceutical Needs
Assessment
Get involved
We
welcome the public, professionals, and other stakeholders to all of
our
meetings. The agendas for these meetings will be published on the
website and the meetings will be available to watch online via
our
webcasting
website.
Please contact
Democratic
Servicesif any further information is
required.
Annual Public Health
Report
The Director of Public Health has a statutory
duty to publish an independent
Annual Public Health
Report which details the state of health
within the local population.
Other Useful documents:
·
Response to the Review of Emotional
Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young
People
·
Health and Wellbeing Board Newsletter
(Spring 2021)
·
Joint Health and Wellbeing
Board Strategy 2019-24
·
Joint Health and Wellbeing Board
Strategy Toolkit
·
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy:
Consultation report
·
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy: Equality impact
report