Issue - items at meetings - Department of Health Consultation on Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS)

Report of Strategic Director, People (copy attached).

18.1    The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People which set out a suggested response to the Department of Health consultation on statutory guidance relating to the JSNA and JHWS duties.   The draft guidance and consultation questions were included as Appendix 1 to the report.  The draft response was set out in Appendix 2.  

18.2         Councillor Duncan supported the responses and welcomed the local determination.  Dr Scanlon stated that he fully supported the replies in Appendix 2.

18.3         RESOLVED – (1)     That it is agreed to submit a response to the DH consultation on statutory guidance relating to the JSNA and JHWS duties.

(2)       That the Shadow Health & Wellbeing Board uses the officer response to the consultation (Appendix 2 of the report) as a basis for its submission.