In line with nationally agreed operating
principles, the Health and Wellbeing Board will seek to:
i.
provide collective leadership to improve health and well-being
across the local authority area, enable shared decision-making and
ownership of decisions in an open and transparent way;
ii.
achieve democratic legitimacy and accountability, and empower local
people to take part in decision-making;
iii.
address health inequalities by ensuring quality, consistency and
comprehensive health and local government services are commissioned
and delivered in the area; and
iv.
identify key priorities for health and local government
commissioning and develop clear plans for how commissioners can
make best use of their combined resources to improve local health
and well-being outcomes in the short, medium and long term.
The key functions of the Health and Wellbeing
Board are:
i.
To prepare the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) which
identifies the current and future health and wellbeing needs of the
local population and may address needs around wider determinants of
health.
ii.
To prepare a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Medway to meet
the needs identified in the JSNA.
iii.
To prepare the Medway Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
iv.
To encourage persons who arrange for the provision of any health or
social care services in the area to work in an integrated manner
for the purpose of advancing the health and wellbeing of the people
in Medway.
v.
To encourage persons who arrange for the provision of any
health related services (i.e.
services that may have an effect on the health of individuals but
are not health or social care services) in Medway to work closely
with the Board.
vi.
To encourage persons who arrange for the provision of any health or
social care services in Medway and those who arrange for the
provision of any health –related services in its area to work
closely together.
vii.
To provide advice, assistance or other support appropriate for the
purpose of encouraging the making of arrangements under section 75
of the National Health Service Act 2006 (i.e. arrangements under
which NHS bodies and local authorities agree to exercise specified
functions of each other).
viii.
To keep NHS commissioning plans under review to ensure they are
taking into account the JSNA and local HWB Strategy, referring back
to the CCG or the NHS Commissioning Board where they do not.
ix.
To advise Medway Council’s Cabinet of its views on whether
the local authority is discharging its duty to have regard to the
JSNA and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy in discharging its
relevant functions.
x.
To involve users and the public in the work of the Board, as
appropriate.
xi.
To play a formal role in the annual assessment of the Medway
Clinical Commissioning Group.
xii.
To undertake any other functions assigned to Health and Wellbeing
Boards in legislation.