The Health and Social
Care Act 2012 placed a duty on the Council to establish a Health
& Wellbeing Board that brings together representatives of the
Council, the local Clinical Commissioning Group, local Health Watch
and key statutory officers to provide strategic leadership over
commissioning health and social care services in the borough.
The Stockport Health
& Wellbeing Board’s role is to:-
·
seek to improve the health and wellbeing of Stockport residents by
both direct and indirect influence and by the engagement of
relevant stakeholders and partners, including the Stockport
Partnership Board;
·
act on the duty to promote integrated health and care services,
encouraging health and care commissioners to work together to
advance the health and wellbeing of people in Stockport;
·
work in collaboration with partners, in particular through the
Stockport Partnership Board, to reduce inequalities between
residents in Stockport, with a particular focus on health and
wellbeing;
·
improve transparency and accountability for local people and
seeking to secure improvements in the availability, delivery and
value for money of health and care services for Stockport
residents;
·
lead on the duty to complete a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
(JSNA) and recognising its role in directing and supporting
organisational and shared commissioning; and being willing to test
and challenge the degree to which the Stockport JSNA has influenced
commissioning within the local economy;
·
lead on the duty to draft and agree a high-level Joint Health and
Wellbeing Strategy for Stockport. The Strategy should articulate
how different services will work together to meet patient and
service user needs identified in the JSNA, endorsed by the Council
Executive and the Clinical Commissioning Group Board;
·
lead on the duty to consider the partnership arrangements under the
NHS Act as part of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy;
·
focus on building relationships, transfer of knowledge and
fostering an understanding of how partner organisations function,
and leading cultural and behavioural change to support a joint
approach to meeting local need; and
·
respond to consultation from partner organisations, particularly on
their commissioning plans, or on any other matters as directed by
the Department of Health or other relevant bodies.
