Decision details

Clare Platt, Health Equity, Welfare and Partnerships, Lancashire County  Council and Jackie Moran, Lancashire Place-Based Partnership, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board outlined the operational and strategic synergies between Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board and Lancashire Place Partnership.  The report also identifies how the relationship could be strengthened to improve health outcomes for the communities of Lancashire.

The report provided further information on the following:

·  Health and Wellbeing Board – Look Back

·  Health and Wellbeing Board – Look Forward

·  Lancashire Place Partnership – Look Back

·  Lancashire Place Partnership – Look Forward

·  Options and Proposals

The Board were asked to endorse the proposed areas of focus for 2025/26 for the Lancashire Place Partnership and agree the alignment of the Health and Wellbeing Board with the District Health and Wellbeing Partnerships, Place Partnership and Provider Collaborative Board.  The Board were also asked to support the joint development of the 2025/26 delivery plans with specific deliverables/benefits.

The Board noted that the proposed areas of focus for 2025/26 were:

(i)  Develop the case further and facilitate the delivery of a Neighbourhood Health Model of Care.

(ii)  Align the strategic leadership with the governance, oversight and partnership structures to enable better co-ordination of decision making and delivery across key partner organisations.

(iii)  Build shared enabling functions such as data, estates, workforce development, quality improvement, research and innovation capabilities to deliver improvements at scale and pace.

It was outlined to the Board how the above is intended to work in practice:

(i)  Place Partnership will become the vehicle for delivering short term priorities in 2025/26 and promoting joint working with the NHS.  The short term priorities will become part of the wider Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

(ii)  The interests of the District Health and Wellbeing Partnerships will be represented on the Health and Wellbeing Board via:

(a)  The District Chief Executive Officers representative with a link into the District Chief Executive Officers Group as part of the Lancashire Place Partnership arrangements.

(b)  The existing elected district member from each locality on the Health and Wellbeing Board will act as an additional link between the Health and Wellbeing Partnerships and Board.

(c)  There will be regular liaison between officers supporting the Health and Wellbeing Board and Health and Wellbeing Partnerships to support joint planning/review progress etc.

(iii)  Place Partnership Programme Board will report into Health and Wellbeing Board, Integrated Care Board, Provider Collaborative, and Lancashire Leaders/County Combined Authority (as appropriate).

Following the presentation, the following comments were made:

·  There is a real opportunity to align the Place Partnership and the Health and Wellbeing Board.

·  To create a singular focus across the whole spectrum and align with the Better Care Fund to create an age friendly Lancashire.

·  To also take into consideration the Local Government Reorganisation which can help to accelerate the proposals for alignment.

Resolved:  That the Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board:

(i)  Considered how the relationship between the Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Board and Lancashire Place Partnership could be strengthened to improve health outcomes for the communities of Lancashire.

(ii)  Considered the following issues for inclusion in the consultation for the refreshed Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy:

·  Housing and Health

·  Work and Health

·  Climate and Health

(iii)  Endorsed the closer alignment of the Health and Wellbeing Partnerships with the priorities of the Health and Wellbeing Board.