Agenda item

4.1

Eleanor Rutter gave a presentation which looked at:-

·       Themes and key messages

·       Crosscutting themes

·       Limitations and gaps

·       Theme recommendations

4.2

The themes included inequality, neighbourhoods and communities, digital inclusivity, mental health, access to health and care, employment and poverty, communications and engagement and limitations and gaps.

4.3

Greg Fell explained that it was a living document and it was hoped to use it to help implement the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

4.4

Maddy Desforges said that it was an amazing piece of work, but there were some inconsistencies within the groupings.  How did the work help to build resilient communities?  It may be worth revisiting the strategy to help give structure to the Health Impact assessments and move them forward.  Eleanor Rutter agreed, but this was a discussion for the Board.  The structure of the recommendations coud be looked at as time allowed.

4.5

Mark Tuckett asked if it was clear where the recommendations would go and Eleanor informed the meeting that the End of Life Group was still meeting, but the recommendations needed some thought.  It was possible that the Accountable Care Partnership (ACP) may be involved.  It needed to be wider than the usual structures.  Greg Fell felt that it would be up to Board Members to direct the recommendations to the most suitable place.  The whole report was quite large, but would be shared on the website.

4.6

Terry Hudsen thanked all those involved for pulling the information together and felt that it gave a strong insight into the city.  The information may need to be plugged in to what was happening nationally.  He was keen to keep partnerships going, in particular addressing inequality and equality.

4.7

Brian Hughes liked the rawness of the recommendations, but how does the Board own them?  It would be helpful to align them with the State of Sheffield report.  How do all the documents connect together?

4.8

David Warwicker noted that there was a difference between working on than sharing as perfect.  The report needed to be given to partners so they could start working on the recommendations.

4.9

The Chair (Councillor George Lindars-Hammond) thanked Eleanor for the report and noted that the Board would commit to sharing the report quickly and efficiently to promote the findings.

4.10

Questions for the Health and Wellbeing Board:

1.    How can the Board ensure that the evidence base and recommendations of these impact assessments are acted on?

It is the responsibility of Board Members to direct the report as appropriate.

2.    Which groups and stakeholders do the board believe this report should be shared with?

The report should be shared wider than the usual stakeholders.

4.11

AGREED that:-

1.    The full set of recommendations and endorse their delivery via appropriate governance structures;

2.    To incorporate the evidence base generated through this work, and recommendations produced as a result, into  implementing the Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy;

3.    A future Strategy Development session be considered to look at the findings of this work in more detail, and combine with the findings of work in other quarters to assess the impact of Covid-19; and

4.    To support development and delivery of a communications strategy.