Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence from any members of the Committee.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 19 March 2024 as an accurate record.

Members are invited to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and other registrable and non-registrable interests they may have in relation to any items(s) of business on today’s agenda.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

The Chair was asked to feed into the contribution of South West London NHS Integrated Care Board to the implementation of the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy. This item is to discuss the reposne with the Board Members.  

Public Questions should be submitted before 12 noon on the 12 April to democratic.services@croydon.gov.uk. Any questions should relate to items listed on the agenda. 15 minutes will be allocated at the meeting for all Public Questions that are being considered.

The Annual Report summarises the work undertaken by Healthwatch Croydon between 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023.  It also sets out the plans for work in 2023-2024 as identified early in the financial year.

For the reasons set out in the report, the Health and Wellbeing Board is recommended:

-        to note Healthwatch Croydon’s Annual Report for the financial year 2022-23, which provides a summary of the work undertaken by the organisation during the year.

This report summarises the work undertaken by Croydon Health and Wellbeing Board from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 and sets out some priorities for work in 2024.

The report details the statutory duties and functions of the Board alongside the strategic priorities set out in the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

This report recommends that the Health and Wellbeing Board:

-       Note the contents of this report.

-       Report to Full Council the outcome of the Board’s monitoring of the delivery plans in fulfilment of the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy as part of its annual report.

This report updates the Health and Wellbeing Board on the Croydon Health and Wellbeing Survey for school-aged children and young people (2022/23).

For the reasons set out in the report, the Health and Wellbeing Board is recommended:

-       to note the full report of the results from the 2022/23 survey and discuss:

o   priority areas for action among Health and Wellbeing Board partners

o   opportunities to share the report among stakeholders.

-       to note the progress update provided within this report, and endorse the approach being taken.

The Health and Wellbeing Board have agreed to refresh the current strategy in March 2023, and a six-week public consultation took place between 15 January 2024 and 26 February 2024.

This report summarises the insights and feedback received from the consultation, presents the final draft of the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JLHWS) for sign off, and provides an overview of next steps for delivering the strategy.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is recommended to:

-       Note insights and feedback received from the six-week consultation,

-       Approve the final JLHWS as presented in Appendix 3,

-       Agree on the next steps on delivering the strategy.

To receive a verbal update and discuss the Board’s Forward Plan.

To ensure that both national and local governance is completed correctly, the Health and Wellbeing Board is asked to sign off the Better Care Fund Quarter 3 Submission for 23-24 for Croydon to NHS England.

The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting:

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”