Committee details

The Nottingham City Health and Wellbeing Board is a partnership that brings together key local leaders to improve the health and wellbeing of the population of Nottingham and reduce health inequalities through:

·  Developing a shared understanding of the health and wellbeing needs of its communities from pre-birth to end of life, including the health inequalities within and between communities;

·  Providing system leadership to secure collaboration to meet these needs more effectively;

·  Having strategic influence over commissioning decisions across health, public health and social care, encouraging integration where appropriate;

·  Recognising the impact of the wider determinants of health on health and wellbeing;

·  Involving patient and service user representatives and councillors in commissioning decisions.

The Board’s membership is drawn from Nottingham City Council, the NHS and the wider community:

Voting members:

·  Nottingham City Council’s Portfolio Holder with a remit covering Health

·  Nottingham City Council’s Portfolio Holder with a remit covering Children’s Services

·  Two further Nottingham City Councillors

·  Accountable Officer, Greater Nottingham Clinical Commissioning Partnership

·  Three representatives from the NHS Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group’s Governing Body

·  Nottingham City Council’s Corporate Director for Children and Adults

·  Nottingham City Council’s Director of Adult Social Care

·  Nottingham City Council’s Director of Public Health

·  Representative of the Healthwatch Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Board

·  Representative of NHS England

Non-voting members:

·  Representative of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

·  Representative of the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

·  Representative of the Nottingham CityCare Partnership

·  Representative of Nottingham City Homes

·  Representative of Nottinghamshire Police

·  Representative of the Department for Work and Pensions

·  Representative of Nottingham Universities

·  Representative of Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service

·  Up to two individuals representing the interests of the Third Sector

·  Nottingham City Council Chief Executive

The Board meets six times each year and its meetings are open to the public. Members of the public are able to ask questions about matters within the Board’s remit, at the Chair’s discretion. It is not necessary for questions to be raised in advance, but it is helpful if questions are submitted at least 24 hours before the meeting, to enable the Board to provide as full a response as possible. Questions to the Board can be submitted to constitutional.services@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.