Agenda item

Review of the Health and Wellbeing Board

Meeting of Health and Wellbeing Board, Wednesday, 9th June, 2021 10.00 am (Item 14.)

The report of the Director of Public Health is enclosed.

Minutes:

The Board considered the report of the Director of Public Health regarding the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board. The membership was last reviewed in 2018. In view of the scale of organisational and system change over the next year a refresh of the membership from July 2021 was proposed to support the work of the Board for the remainder of the municipal year. It is envisaged that once the Greater Manchester Integrated Care System and place-based arrangements are clearer and then a more formal review of the Board can take place before April 2022.

The revised Membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board proposed that the following members will remain on the Board for the duration of 2021/22 and in line with the guidance the three statutory officers of the Council will continue to be Board members:

· Leader of the Council (Chair)

· Executive Member Health and Care (Deputy Chair)

· Deputy Leader of the Council

· Executive Member for Children’s Services

· Chair Manchester Health and Care Commissioning (MHCC)

· Chair Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)

· Chair Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust (GMMHT)

· Chair Healthwatch

· VCS nominated representative

· Director of Public Health

· Director of Adult Social Services

· Director of Children’s Services

In addition:

The Local Care Organisation will be requested to nominate a representative to sit on the Board.

The new Manchester GP Forum have been requested to identify three GP Board members.

The nominations will go to the Consitutional and Nomination Committee on 14 July 2021.

Further discussions will take place on representation from committees relating to Primary Care in Manchester (i.e. Local Medical Committee, Local Pharmaceutical Committee, Local Dental Committee, Local Optometry Committee).

The Chair stated that some of the appointments to the Board may be made before the end of the Municipal Year with transitional arrangements moving ahead. The appointments would include the Chair of the ICS and NHS Board. In addition, work was needed to address gaps within the membership of the Manchester Partnership Board which will form the basis of the Locality Board.

The Chair reported that the new system being introduced would involve two layers of accountability. One layer would relate to the NHS and accountability would be directly to the Secretary of State for Health. The local level would have accountability to the Locality Board and the Health and Wellbeing Board will be play an important role in that local level of accountability. The Board’s involvement may require changes its role and composition with a more formal composition. The Board’s role is the public face of the local accountability and this will be noted in the discussions to take place.

A member referred to the importance of recognising the diverse nature of the city’s population and during a review process the aspiration should be that the membership of the Board and the new Locality Board structure reflects the diversity of the population it serves.

The Chair noted the point raised and added that reflecting Manchester’s breadth of diversity may make the process difficult for the membership of appointing a Board with a limited membership.

Decision

1. The Board noted the report submitted.

2. The Board agreed the proposed revised appointments to the Health and Wellbeing Board as follows:

Revised Membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board –

The following members will remain on the Board for the duration of 2021/22 and in line with the guidance the three statutory officers of the Council will continue to be Board members: