Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

Voluntary Action LeicesterShireVoluntary Action LeicesterShire is the trading name for Voluntary Action Leicester

Developing Local Health & Wellbeing

Boards

by Heather Roythorne – Finch, Policy &

Partnerships Officer

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

Background to current changes

2 Health and Wellbeing Partnership Boards:

Leicestershire Together Health and Wellbeing Partnership

Board

Leicester Health and Wellbeing Partnership Executive Board

VCS engagement / Representation

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

What’s Driving the Change?

Government proposals outlined in the White Paper: Equity and

Excellence: Liberating the NHS

• Statutory duty to establish local Health and Wellbeing Boards

• Need to bring together key NHS, public health, social care leaders

in each local authority and GP consortia to work in partnership

• Need to lead on improving strategic coordination of commissioning.

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

What this means at a local level

Flexible approach to how national guidance is

implemented to reflect what is appropriate locally to

deliver the necessary outcomes.

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

Leicester City

• Creation of Executive Group to drive transitional planning

• Transitional Board by 2012

• Broad Stakeholder Forum

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

Leicestershire• Early Implementer

• Shadow Board by April 2011

• Stakeholder engagement through Board mechanism

• Promotion of Consistency with the District arrangements

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

Long Term Goal• Collaborative Board that can develop solutions to

commissioning challenges locally.• Suggested Membership:

• Elected Representation• GP Consortia• Directors of:

– Adult Social Services

– Children’s Services

– Public Health

– HealthWatch

• Importance of expanding this to reflect the value of the VCS

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

What Next

• Confirm arrangements for Transitional Structures

• Launch of County Shadow Board – April 2011

• VCS to Continue to inform and influence the developing Health and Wellbeing Boards

Voluntary Action Leicestershire “Helping people change their lives for the better”

Thank You