Agenda

To receive and note apologies for absence.

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An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

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To approve and sign the minutes of the last meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on Wednesday, 19 March 2025.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. Members of the public may speak on agenda items or on matters within the remit of the committee.

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This paper introduces the York Drug and Alcohol Strategic Priorities for 2025 / 26. These were agreed at the Drug and Alcohol Partnership Board in March 2025.  Each priority has a lead within a relevant organisation. The Health and Wellbeing Board are asked to support the priorities and consider how as partners they can support the delivery of the outcomes.

The York Better Care Fund (BCF) plan has been developed through a collaborative process, ensuring alignment with national priorities and local partnership objectives. The final plan was submitted on 28 March, meeting the national submission deadline. The York Health and Wellbeing Board is now asked to review and approve the plan as part of the BCF assurance process.

As the Health and Wellbeing Board has now approved Action Plan 2 for the York Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy, we will continue to report on all the Goals in turn, and this paper is intended to present to the Board the current data on Goal 1 around inequalities in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in York, following a similar paper at the same stage in Action Plan 1. This is also in fulfilment of a Council Plan 2023-2027 objective to ‘Increase council-wide action to reduce health inequalities’ and report on this annually.

This report provides an update to the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWBB) regarding the work of the York Health and Care Partnership (YHCP), progress to date and next steps.

The report is for information and discussion and does not ask the Health and Wellbeing Board to respond to recommendations or make any decisions.

This paper is designed to summarise key issues and progress which has happened in between meetings of the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWBB), giving Board members a concise update on a broad range of relevant topics which would otherwise entail separate papers.

This report is for the attention of Board members, sharing two Healthwatch reports which looks at the results of website and surgery access audits completed by Healthwatch York volunteers.

Any other business which the Chair considers urgent under the Local Government Act 1972.

Democratic Services Officer

Ben Jewitt

Contact Details:

Telephone – (01904) 553073  

Email – benjamin.jewitt@york.gov.uk