Issue - meetings

The Board received a report (and presentation) on the Staffordshire Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, which had been previously discussed at the March 2022 meeting of the Board.

The draft strategy was discussed and final amendments agreed. The final version incorporated these amendments and was recommended for approval by the Board.

The Board were informed of the previous discussions around Good Mental Health, Healthy Weight and Healthy Ageing. Since then, a further scoping exercise had been carried out to identify existing work programmes as well as issues for the Board to consider and additional work required.

Performance indicators would be identified for each of the four outcomes to allow measurement of the progress of the strategy for each priority area.

The recommendation to the Board was that the Sponsor/Lead for each priority would provide a full report against each priority annually, including any actions underway, progress against said outcomes and any additional action required, with the necessary local context, public and professional input. Volunteers for the sponsors and leads for each priority would be sought and an update brought to the next meeting.

Comments from Members of the Board centred around the Healthy Ageing priority and the need for societal change on deaths at home. The question was raised around whether it was appropriate for the performance indicator to be included.

It was agreed that the indicators lean more towards a deficit model rather than a strengths-based approach. It was therefore proposed that the indicators could be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure they meet a strengths-based approach of working.

It was also noted that a performance indicator could be included for the Health in early life priority on the good state of development as children start school.

Resolved – The Board was asked to:

a)   Approve the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2027;

b)   Note the issues for the Board to consider and additional work required for each priority;

c)   Identify a Board Sponsor and Lead for each priority; and

d)   Approve the outcomes and reporting cycle for each priority.