Health and Wellbeing Board
Bedford Borough Health and Wellbeing Board was set up in
2011. It has a statutory responsibility to improve
integrated working between local health care, social care, public
health and other public service practitioners so that patients and
service users experience more joined-up care,
particularly when moving between health and social care.
The Health and Wellbeing Board is also responsible for
leading locally on reducing health inequalities.
Better Care Plan
The Health and Wellbeing Board is currently considering the
updated Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Bedford
Borough Council Better Care Plan. The full document is
available on the panel to the right. If you have any comments
on the Plan as a stakeholder or member of the public, please email
the Health and Wellbeing Board here
The Plan was signed off by the Board on 15th
September 2014 for submission to NHS England and the Local
Government Association.
Duties of the Bedford Borough Health and Wellbeing
Board
Bedford Borough Health and Wellbeing Board has three main
statutory duties:
- to assess the needs of their local population through the
Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment (JSNA)
- to set out how these needs will be addressed through a joint
Health and Wellbeing Strategy that will offer a strategic framework
in which Bedford Borough Council, Bedfordshire Clinical
Commissioning Group, and NHS England can make their own
commissioning decisions
- to promote greater integration and partnership, including joint
commissioning, integrated provision and pooled budgets.
The key stakeholders on the Health and Wellbeing Board are:
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Dave Hodgson -
Mayor of Bedford Borough
Chair, Bedford Borough Health
and Wellbeing Board |
Dr David Howard, Chair, Bedford Locality, Bedfordshire Clinical
Commissioning Group.
Vice-Chair, Bedford Borough Health and Wellbeing Board
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Meetings of the Bedford Borough Health
and Wellbeing Board are open to the public. If you would like
further details of Board members, dates and times of Board
meetings, and agendas, minutes and reports for the Board, please
follow this link
