Oadby and Wigston Health & Wellbeing
Board
Terms of Reference
1.
Purpose:
To work
collectively with health professionals and key partner
organisations to reduce health inequalities across Oadby and
Wigston, in line with local, regional and national
priorities.
2.
Functions:
·
To arrange regular Board meetings and provide an
annual Health Summit to bring together wider health professionals
and key partners focused on improving local health and wellbeing
outcomes.
·
To oversee a set of partnership sub-groups, which
focus on addressing the identified health inequalities in Oadby and
Wigston.
·
To check and challenge.
·
To regularly review local health data and implement
changes in order to improve health outcomes for local
residents.
·
To promote information sharing and improve public
awareness of key health and wellbeing issues relevant to Oadby and
Wigston.
·
To improve communications with local partner
organisations.
·
To ensure resources available are targeted
appropriately.
3.
Oadby
and Wigston Priorities:
To
implement the recommendations outlined in the ‘Exploring
Health Inequalities’ document in a joint partnership action
plan, in order to reduce health inequalities.
4. Board
Membership:
The Health
and Wellbeing board will consist of members from Public and Third
Sector organisations
Board Membership
·
Chair
·
GP (Primary Care Network)
·
GP (East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG)
·
Council Officer x 2
·
East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG management
lead
·
Councillors x 7
Attendees
Other
attendees for the board will include representatives
from:
·
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
·
Local Police
·
Council departments
·
Local Area co coordinators
·
First Contact
·
Public Health
·
Adult Social Care
·
GP Practice Manager
·
Education / School Support
·
LPT
– District Nursing
·
Children and Young Families
Additional
representatives may be invited to attend at the discretion of the
board.
Quoracy:
A quorum
shall be made of the Chair plus at
least one GP representative and one Council Officer
representative.
5.
Frequency:
OWBC will
host an annual Health Summit on behalf of the Oadby and Wigston
Health & Wellbeing Board. In addition, there will be three
(quarterly) Board meetings annually.
6. Reporting /
Strategic Fit:
The Board
will report to the OWBC Service Delivery Committee twice per
year.
The
strategic fit is with OWBC Corporate Plan and Priorities / County
Health & Wellbeing Strategy.
7.
Budget:
There is
no dedicated budget for the Oadby and Wigston Health &
Wellbeing Board.
8. Communication
& Partnership Working:
OWBC will
maintain an up-to-date contact list of Board members and wider
health professionals/organisations. This list will be used to send
out relevant communications.
9. Review of
Terms of Reference:
The Terms
of Reference will be reviewed as required.