Decision details

Pan-Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Decisions:

The Local Government Association facilitated an event on 9 October 2019 at Winter Gardens, Blackpool on the possible collaboration between Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen Health and Wellbeing Boards.  The event was attended by a range of key Board members from all three Health and Wellbeing Boards.

 

Overall, there was no consensus in terms of either developing a single Health and Wellbeing Board or coming together as an alliance or collaboration.

 

The facilitators identified two key actions:

 

i)  That a smaller representative group across the Pan Lancashire system come together to explore the transformational opportunities that could be achieved by working at a Pan Lancashire level with clear proposals that could then be tested with partners to establish commitment to take the next steps.

ii)  That development work takes place in each of the three Health and Wellbeing Boards to help identify the strengths of current working and identify where there might be areas for improvement.  This would include looking at how each partnership board was clear about its role, purpose and focus and how this would be communicated and owned.

 

Subsequently, County Councillor Turner had had discussions with Councillor Khan (chair of Blackburn with Darwen Health and Wellbeing Board) and Councillor Cain (chair of Blackpool Health and Wellbeing Board).  Although there was no consensus in terms of function of form or any pan Lancashire arrangements and commitments to retain current structures, it was agreed that:

 

i)  Officers be requested to map out current health and wellbeing partnership arrangements, to understand how they related to each other.

ii)  Officers be requested to organise a meeting of the three Boards to consider a joint response to the Integrated Care System Strategy Delivery Plan (including population health plan) once it had been agreed by the Integrated Care System Board.

 

In terms of the Lancashire Board, members had been sent a questionnaire by County Councillor Turner, to consider the strengths of the current arrangements and opportunities for improvement.

 

Cumbria were also involved in talks in working together on a Pan-Lancashire basis and wished to be linked in however, wanted the Pan-Lancashire Board establishing first.

 

Resolved:  That the Board be requested to complete the questionnaire by 30 November 2019.

 

Date of decision: 19/11/2019

Decided at meeting: 19/11/2019 - Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board

Accompanying Documents:

  • Verbal Report