Issue - meetings

The Board received an update on the Health & Wellbeing Strategy refresh and the inequality plan one year on. to covid health protection.

The mental health inequality plan had delivered thirty five projects including the ACCI calm cafes and had worked with the BAME community in order to deliver on inequalities.

The Board were presented with a brief overview of the strategy which had been approved in February 2022 and reset in June 2022 in relation covid health protection.

The approach was a light touch refresh of the priorities which was intelligence led around the JSNA and highlighted the population health and looked to improve health inequality and looked into lifestyle, behaviours and integrated care.  More ambitious proposals were in relation to children and young people and the best start in life, being happier and independent for longer and this connected into safe and sustainable communities.  The framework of inequalities aligned with the new proposals and the residents’ survey and engagement, together with JSNA intelligence helped set the priorities of health prevention.

Start well, live well, age well was proposed based on intelligence through the wider partnership with TWIPP and a plan would be brought before the Board with a detailed plan, narrative, summary date and context.  This would be through an intelligence led workforce, development sustainability and the resource assets and funding.   There would be an emphasis on the cost of living around inequality but much wider and more significant.

During the discussion some Board members felt the cost of living work was vital and the impact of it was so great there should be a stand-alone report, this could also feed into the cost of living work and involve lobbying the government in relation to the impact of the cost of living on health and wellbeing.   It was also suggested that Telford & Wrekin become a “Marmot” Borough as this underpinned health inequalities together with the impact of covid and Councils were signing up to this set of principles.  An update report on the elements of “becoming Marmot” would be welcomed, together with a cost of living report.

It was confirmed that a report would be brought back to the Board towards the end of next year.  Engagement would also take place and proposals brought back in relation of population health and integration.

RESOLVED – that:

a)    the proposed refreshed priorities for the Health & Wellbeing Strategy be agreed and the timeline for consultation be approved; and

b)   the progress made in the first year of the inequalities plan be acknowledged