Annex A – PHH ToR
Context
1. The York Population Health Hub [PHH] steering group is a multi-agency network that oversees the outputs of the PHH.
2. The PHH core group meets on a frequent basis to drive forward population health management programmes and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment [JSNA]. The core group’s functions are to Enable, Analyse and Undertake population health management approaches, alongside the JSNA outputs.
3. The JSNA is a statutory function that underpins the work of the Health and Wellbeing Board [HWBB], providing the evidence base for the production of the board’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
4. Legislation does not define what a JSNA should consist of. This allows the York PHH to develop its own approach, in conjunction with the HWBB.
Purpose:
5. The purpose of the PHH steering group is to ensure that the development and delivery of population health management programmes and the JSNA is well managed and embedded into local decision-making by the PHH core group.
Key Responsibilities of the PHH steering group
6. The key responsibility of the PHH steering group is to support and shape the direction of the PHH core group work programme:
· Enabling - Supporting the York health and care system to use population health data, and PHM as a tool
· Analysing - Improving the JSNA, making it useful and used
· Undertaking (doing) - Leading tangible PHM projects which show the benefit of this approach
7. The PHH steering group will also be responsible for
· considering applications for in depth JSNA topic specific needs assessments and prioritising the production of health needs assessments on behalf of HWBB
· providing an evidence based summary of the overall health and wellbeing status of the people of York to fulfil the HWBB’s statutory requirements
· providing in-depth intelligence on the main emerging issues for commissioners to address including the status of assets and community resources available to address these issues
· raising awareness of the JSNA and how it can best be used
· involvement in JSNA events as and when required; including helping to agree content and purpose
Governance:
8. The PHH is a resource for the whole system. The steering group will be accountable to the York Health and Care Alliance (the city’s place-based board).
9. As a statutory duty of HWBB, JSNA content (including chapters and topic specific needs assessments) will be presented to the HWBB as and when appropriate, through regular updates. JSNA content will also be presented to other strategic boards and partnerships as required.
10. The PHH steering group will minute its meeting and keep an action log.
Membership:
11. Membership of the PHH steering group will be flexible to allow it to be responsive to identified needs. We aim to ensure a broad membership including:
|
Position |
Organisation |
Job Title |
|
Lead Officer (chair) |
City of York Council |
Consultant in Public Health |
|
Public Health Representative |
City of York Council |
Public Health Specialist Practitioner |
|
Business Intelligence Representative |
City of York Council |
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst |
|
Business Intelligence Representative |
NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group |
Business Intelligence Manager |
|
Strategic Policy Lead |
City of York Council |
Strategic Support Manager |
|
Data Representative |
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
Senior information analyst |
|
Data Representative |
Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust |
Senior Planning and business development manager |
|
Joint Strategic Intelligence Assessment Representative |
North Yorkshire Police |
Partnership intelligence analyst |
|
Healthwatch Representative |
Healthwatch York |
Service Manager |
|
Voluntary Community Sector Representatives |
Organisations as required |
VCS officer/managers |
Requests for membership of the PHH steering group are welcomed and should be directed to the chair.
Administrative support is provided by City of York Council’s public health team.
12. Frequency of Meetings: Flexible, but it is planned that the group will meet monthly.
13. Terms of Reference for the PHH steering group will be reviewed annually.
Date Agreed: 29 November 2021