Health and Wellbeing Board

What is the Health and Wellbeing Board?

Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, local authorities are required to have in place and service a Health and Wellbeing Board.

The East Riding Health and Wellbeing Board has a number of delegated powers.  These include the following:

1. To prepare a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 

2. To prepare a joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 

3. To respond to consultations from Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) on their draft commissioning plans and amendments to those plans 

4. To respond to consultations from Clinical Commissioning Groups on their annual report 

5. To respond to consultations from the NHS England (external website) in a performance assessment in relation to a clinical commissioning group 

6. To assess and publish a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (external website) for the East Riding

Health and Wellbeing Boards have a duty to encourage integrated commissioning between health, social care and public health by bringing together representatives of these sectors. 

The Health and Wellbeing Board became fully operational with all necessary powers on 1 April 2013 following the abolition of the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs).  

The Health and Wellbeing Board is subject to scrutiny from the Health, Care and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee.

More information on Health and Wellbeing Boards can be found at:

Health and Social Care Act 2012 (external website)

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What are Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)?

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are groups of General Practioners (GPs) that are responsible for delivering some local health services in England. They do this by commissioning or buying health and care services which include:

• non-specialist acute services

• community services

• mental health and learning disability

• ambulance

• continuing health care

• enhanced services

• hospice

All GP Practices must belong to a CCG.  In the East Riding all GP Practices other than the Pocklington Group Practice are members of the East Riding CCG.  More information can be found on the East Riding CCG web pages.

East Riding CCG (external website)

The Pocklington Group Practices has elected to become part of the Vale of York CCG. More information can be found on the Vale of York CCG website.

Vale of York CCG (external website)

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What is a Health and Wellbeing Strategy and where can I view it?

The Health and Wellbeing Strategy is a document produced by the Health and Wellbeing Board that aims to meet the needs identified in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). As with JSNAs, the Strategy is unique to each local area and details what priorities the health and wellbeing board has set in order to tackle the needs identified in the JSNA.

The East Riding Health and Wellbeing Board can be viewed below:

East Riding Health and Wellbeing Strategy (pdf 2mb opens in new window)

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Who sits on the Health and Wellbeing Board?

Under the Social and Health Care Act 2012, Health and Wellbeing Boards must include:

• the Director of Adult Social Services, the Director of Children’s Services

• the Director of Public Health

• a representative of each CCG

• a representative of the local Healthwatch

• local councillors  
  

Membership of the East Riding Health and Wellbeing Board is made up of the following people:

• Councillor Owen (Chair)
• Councillor Abraham
• Councillor R Burton
• Councillor Cracknell
• Councillor Harrap
• Dr Tim Allison - Director of Public Health
• Alison Michalska - Director of Children, Family and Adults Services
• Representative of East Riding Healthwatch
• Jane Hawkard - Chief Officer - East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group
• Dr Gina Palumbo - East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group
• Dr Frank Thornton – East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group
• Dr Tim Maycock - Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group
• A representative of the NHS Commissioning Board
  

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Who chairs Health and Wellbeing Board meetings?

The Health and Wellbeing Board is chaired by Councillor Jonathan Owen, Deputy Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

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When are meetings of the Health and Wellbeing Board?

Health and Wellbeing Board Meetings

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Are meetings of the Health and Wellbeing Board open to the public?

Yes. Meetings are open to the public but there may be some matters which will be considered in private. During such situations members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting at this point. The circumstances under which we can consider matters in private are tightly controlled by law.

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Can members of the public speak at Health and Wellbeing Board meeting?

No. Members of the public are not permitted to speak at Health and Wellbeing Board meetings.

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How and when can I view agenda and minutes of Health and Wellbeing Board meetings?

Agendas and reports for the Health and Wellbeing Board are placed on public deposit five clear working days before each meeting and can be viewed by selecting the relevant agenda below.

Reports containing exempt or confidential matters will not, however, be available.

Minutes for Health and Wellbeing Board meetings are placed on public deposit no later than five clear working days after each meeting and can be downloaded by selecting the relevant minutes below.

Please note: that agendas and minutes of meetings prior to those available online may be obtained by contacting the the Overview and Scrutiny Team Leader, Jane Stewart:

Email: jane.stewart@eastriding.gov.uk

Telephone: (01482) 393204

East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Democratic Services
Overview and Scrutiny
County Hall
Beverley
HU17 9BA

Please note: that there may be a charge for copying any information.

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