Issue - meetings

Report of the Executive Director of People

(Note: A briefing note from Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee’s consideration of this matter is appended to the report at page 81)

The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Public Health, which sought approval of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (2016) and the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (2016-2019).

The Cabinet noted that the Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board had a statutory responsibility to produce a Joint Strategic needs Assessment (JSNA) for the local authority area, which looked at the current and future health and care needs of the local population.  This would inform and guide the planning and commissioning of health, wellbeing and social care services within a local authority area. 

Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board was also responsible for producing a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWBS), which would provide Coventry with a picture of what the Health and Wellbeing Board would deliver over the next three years and how partners would work together to achieve this. The Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board’s vision for Coventry was that local people live happier, healthier, longer lives and have improved health and wellbeing during their lives.

In order to develop the JSNA and identify the priorities in the JHWBS, a review of the 2012 Health and Wellbeing Strategy was undertaken, alongside a wide ranging study of data, information and resources about the health and social care issues affecting Coventry residents.  A stakeholder call to evidence was also carried out.  To focus on the areas of greatest need, a prioritisation matrix was used to identify potential priorities, which considered a range of factors including size of the population affected, scale of the impact, associated economic costs and the scale of inequality. Together, this work produced a list of potential priorities, and three final priorities were chosen by the Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board:

·  Working together as a Marmot City to reduce health and wellbeing inequalities

·  Improving the health and wellbeing of individuals with multiple complex needs

·  Developing an integrated health and care system that provides the right help and support to enable people to live their lives well.

The Cabinet noted that the report had also been submitted to the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee at their meeting on 12^th October 2016 and received a briefing note detailing recommendations arising from their consideration on this matter.  In particular, they recommended that the Cabinet make the following amendments to the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (2016-19):

a)  An approach to mental health transition between children’s and adult services be included;

b)  The section on skills and education to be expanded to include adult education.

They also recommended that when money becomes available across the Health and Social Care system, it should be invested in prevention services.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet:-

1.  Agree the additional recommendations from the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee.

2.  Endorse the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (2016) and the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (2016-2019).