Agenda item

Tim Furness introduced a report of the Director of Commissioning, Sheffield City Council and the Director of Business Planning and Partnerships, NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, which provided an update on the work done to produce a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS). 

The final JSNA document would be submitted to the meeting of the Board in June 2013 and the JHWS would be submitted to the Board in September 2013.

The Board discussed methods of public engagement to inform the two documents, including outreach and website based access. Healthwatch Sheffield would be holding and contributing to events in support of the production of the JHWS and asking for opinions about potential change to inform the Strategy.

Whilst it was not expected that the outcomes of the JHWS would change, it was intended that it be more action focussed and that would enable greater alignment with commissioning plans. The Strategy would also have to be responsive to changing demands.

RESOLVED: that the Board approves the report submitted and awaits the full Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) document in June 2013 and the final Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS) in September 2013.

REASONS FOR THE DECISION:

The timetable gives enough time for the JSNA document to meaningfully impact on the priorities of the JHWS.