Agenda item

15.1

The report which set out the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2024-34 and the related work programme for the Board for the remainder of the municipal year 2024-25, was presented by Greg Fell (Director of Public Health Sheffield City Council, Helen Watson (Public Health Registrar, Sheffield City Council), Chris Gibbons (Public Health Principal, Sheffield City Council) and Dan Spicer  (Policy and Improvement Officer, Sheffield City Council).

15.2

A presentation was given, which was published with the agenda on the Council’s website.  Helen Watson explained that the presentation showed what the proposed Health and Wellbeing Board microsite would look like and how it would present the Board’s strategy.  Members thanked the team for what they considered to be a great piece of work and a very useful resource, which would help to demystify the work of the Board.  It was noted that the responsibility for the promotion and progress of the site and the strategy, rested with Board Members, and that it should be reflected in the delivery plans of the organisations involved.

15.3

Members asked how the Board would hold itself accountable for delivery of the Health and Wellbeing Board Strategy.  Dan Spicer advised that the upcoming Board development sessions would be used to assess what each organisation had done to drive the strategy forward.

15.4

Other points made by Members included:

• A desire to ensure the Strategy and work resonated with young people.
• A welcome to the proposition of the Sheffield BaBi study (Born and Bred In), which traced mothers and children at birth and then their progress over time, and a request to ensure this was as broad as possible.
• Mention of the importance of joining up work on indicators with the Better Care Fund.

·       Mention of the importance of working to include the voices of people with disabilities.

15.5

RESOLVED: That the Sheffield Health and Wellbeing Board:

(a)  Approves the content of the microsite, including the Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan (Appendix 1 of the report);

(b)  Agrees to publish the Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan as the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Sheffield;

(c)  Agrees to contribute to communications around the Board’s work through producing blog posts for the microsite following Board meetings and events, or in response to other developments;

(d)  Agrees to proactively take the Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan to the organisations and sectors Members represent for endorsement and discussion, identifying what more they can do to contribute to the building blocks and the radical shifts, and making public commitments to action;

(e)  Formally adopts the proposed work programme for 2024-25 (Appendix 3 of the report); and

(f)    Agrees to a commission work on monitoring progress in Building Block 1 – Tackling racism and discrimination, using the planned discussion in December with the Chair of the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield to explore the potential for joint work.