Agenda item - Reviewing the purpose and functioning of the Health and Wellbeing Board

Report of the Executive Director of Health & Social Care and the Managing Director of South CCG

RESOLVED:

(1)            That the Board agreed to decide on when the Policy Panel first meet;

(2)            That the Terms of Reference (Appendix 1) be agreed.

53.1      The Statutory Director for Health and Adult Social Care introduced the report that provided a scoping document for the Policy Panel, a draft Terms of Reference for the Policy Panel with suggested membership for the Board and an outline timetable of meetings and their content.

53.1      In response to Councillor Wealls asking how the membership representation would be divisible in thirds, the Chair stated that they were looking to make the wording clear to ensure that the representation was based on elected councillors.

53.2      Councillor Moonan thanked the Statutory Director for Health and Adult Social Care for the report. She stated that the strategy needed to work and there was only a short period before the election which suggested an early May meeting would be advisable.

53.3      In response to Councillor Page, the Chair stated firstly that the Policy Panel membership would be balanced between councillors and the CCG and she secondly agreed that meetings should occur more than quarterly.

53.4      RESOLVED:

(1)          That the Board agreed to decide on when the Policy Panel first meet;

(2)          That the Terms of Reference (Appendix 1) be agreed.