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Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Meeting: 09/04/2024 - Cabinet (Item 8)
8 Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy 
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Minutes:
Background:
This report presented the final version of Medway’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS) 2024-2028, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, which had been drafted in line with the requirements of the Health and Social
Care Act 2012.
The JHWS contained a proposed vision and a set of priorities, which had been chosen following the review of feedback from community engagement events, evidence from the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and input from health and social care professionals and wider stakeholders including the voluntary sector.
The Strategy had been finalised taking account of the recent outputs and findings within the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Strategy. The four key themes of the Strategy were healthier and longer lives for everyone; reduce poverty and inequality; Safe, connected and sustainable places and; connected communities and cohesive services.
Particular thanks were given to Council officers and Members for their work in developing the Strategy.
The report had previously been considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 15 February 2024, the minutes of which were set out in the Cabinet report.
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The Cabinet noted the comments of the Health and Wellbeing Board, as set out in section 6 of the report. |
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The Cabinet approved the final Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2024-2028, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report. |
Reasons:
The strategy sets out the health and wellbeing issues for the community based on evidence from the Medway Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, what can be done to address them and what outcomes are intended to be achieved.