Issue - meetings

The Policy Insight Manager provided a brief overview of the Slough Wellbeing Strategy for 2020-2025. 

The Chair asked whether an equalities impact assessment (Eqia) should be undertaken in relation to the Strategy even though the report stated that an Eqia had not been deemed necessary.  The Director of Public Health stated that the Strategy would probably have an impact on the protected characteristics groups. The Policy Insight Manager undertook to look into the matter and report back to the Board.

Action 1: The Chair proposed, that as part of the Board’s development and in view of the forthcoming changes to the Integrated Care System and ongoing work at Place, the Board should convene a joint meeting with ICS leaders. The meeting should be outcome focussed and review topics such as the Wellbeing Strategy, activity at Place, joint commissioning, budgets and priorities. 

The Director of Public Health stated that such a meeting would help to bring parallel work streams together. The Executive Place Managing Director concurred adding that priorities such as reducing health inequalities, aligning work with Children’s services, shared budgets, joint appointments could also be discussed.

Resolved: That the Wellbeing Strategy be approved for publication.