Health and Well-Being Partnership
The Health and Well-Being Partnership deals specifically with issues to do with preserving health, preventing illness and improving care.
Introduction
This thematic partnership was formed in autumn 2007 to help local government and the NHS work closer together, along with the private and voluntary/ community sectors, to improve our health.
Membership
Membership of the Health and Well-Being Partnership Board extends to several different organisations. The users of health and social care services and their carers are also represented. Responsibility for chairing the Board alternates between Councillor Jim Couchman and Dr Stephen Richards.
Roles and responsibilities
Oxfordshire is a relatively healthy place but there is a considerable difference in life expectancy between the worst and best areas - the Partnership is responsible for reducing this (and similar) gaps. It is also responsible for the adult health and social care outcomes in the Sustainable Community Strategy.
The role of the Board is to ensure that all the different agencies are working together and to deepen understanding that the factors influencing well-being (or causing illness) are wide-ranging. Improving the environment in which we live and the lifestyles we lead is something that cuts across the responsibilities of several different organisations. The Board therefore aims to deliver health improvement by:
- agreeing shared priority outcomes across partner agencies' organisational boundaries
- providing leadership that promotes action and monitors implementation of agreed priorities
- overseeing the development of personalised provision of care
Terms of reference
View the terms of reference of the Health and Well-Being Partnership Board.
Meetings
The Health and Well-Being Partnership Board meets in public four times a year. View the dates of meetings, along with copies of the agendas, minutes and reports.
Latest news
A draft of the Physical Activity Plan for Oxfordshire has been circulated for consultation.
On 12 July, the coalition government released its Health White Paper, providing the framework for primary and secondary health legislation to reform the NHS and achieve a 45% reduction in administrative costs.
The first newsletter from Oxfordshire's Mental Well Being Network - June 2010.
The Public Health team in Oxfordshire produces an annual report each year which looks at some of the biggest health achievements in the year and also highlights the biggest health issues. The fourth edition covering 2009-2011 is now available.
Age UK Oxfordshire have launched their report into the experience of growing older in Oxfordshire, pointing to the fact that many underlying inequalities persist.
The fourth newsletter from Oxfordshire's Healthy Weight Network - May 2010.
The third newsletter from Oxfordshire's Healthy Weight Network - Feb 2010.
An event to launch this partnership initiative between the PCT and the county council's Library Service takes place on Monday 29 March at the Central Library in the Westgate Centre, Oxford, between 9.30am and 1pm.
A free conference on the subject of improving mental well being is taking place on Thursday 11 March 2010.
Your chance to have your say about social care services and for your opinions to be heard!
Related links
- Oxfordshire LINk
- Oxfordshire Supporting People
- Healthy Communities
- NHS Choices
- NHS Centre for Involvement
supports NHS organisations and staff on issues of patient and public involvement - Health Poverty Index
shows a range of comparative data related to health - Department of Health
- South East Public Health Observatory
- Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP)
- Integrated care - evidence base
- Healthy Communities and Older People LAA block
Health and Well-Being Partnership is not responsible for the content of external websites.
Contact details
Health and Well-Being Partnership
Jubilee House
5510 John Smith Drive
Oxford Business Park South
Cowley
Oxford
OX4 2LH
Tel: 01865 337016
Fax: 01865 337094
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