Agenda

To receive and note apologies for absence.

At this point in the meeting, Members and co-opted members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest, or other registerable interest, they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

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

[Please see attached sheet for further guidance for Members].

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

Please note that our registration deadlines have changed to 2 working days before the meeting. The deadline for registering at this meeting is at 5.00pm on Monday, 17 January 2026.

 To register to speak please visit www.york.gov.uk/AttendCouncilMeetings to fill out an online registration form. If you have any questions about the registration form or the meeting please contact the Democracy Officer for the meeting whose details can be found at the foot of the agenda.

Webcasting of Public Meetings

Please note that, subject to available resources, this public meeting will be webcast including any registered public speakers who have given their permission. The public meeting can be viewed on demand at www.york.gov.uk/webcasts.

This presentation by members of the York Health and Care Collaborative (a sub group of the York Health and Care Partnership) outlines the working approach and delivery mechanism for neighbourhood working in York and the all age approach to neighbourhood health, care and other local service integration, prevention and early intervention.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is likely to have a clear leadership role in developing Neighbourhood Health Plans going forward, as has already been announced in the Fit for the Future – 10 Year Health Plan for England, July 2025 and the work already undertaken by YHCC will help inform interim strategic planning that is expected of HWBB going forward.

HWBB members will be asked to note the progress made by YHCC in partnership and consider the board’s future responsibilities in light of available guidance expected imminently from Government.

This report is a verbal update from the York Health and Care Partnership, delivered to the board by the York Place Director, Humber and North Yorkshire ICB. The Board is asked to note the update.

This report brings together key reference sources and summarises relevant evidence on water fluoridation. The aim is to provide a well-informed evidence base to support the development of consultation responses and strategic decision-making.

Health and Wellbeing Board members are asked to support the principle of fluoridating the water supply in York, in support of the improvement of oral health within the city. The ultimate decision and costs of doing so rest with the Secretary of State, not with the Board.

This report sets out a new approach to supporting people achieving and maintaining a healthy weight in York, led by the public health team at city of York Council but with implications for the whole system of health and beyond in the city. It gives an overview of services to support children, families, and adults, with a particular focus on the shift to a compassionate approach to weight.

The focus of this report is on the framing of, and approach to, healthy weight support in the city, rather than on the wider issues behind weight, diet and exercise – for instance poverty, housing, the ‘obesogenic environment’, our food systems. These things are the focus of Goal 5 in the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-32, and are reported on regularly to the board.

The board are asked to note and endorse the approach set out within this report and are encouraged to promote the ethos of a compassionate approach to healthy weight, and the services available within their own departments/organisations.        

This report includes an Annual Report discussing the work of members of the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board to carry out and deliver the objectives of the strategic plan during 2024/25.

It also includes the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board strategic plan for 2025-28.

This report is for the attention and action of Board members, sharing two reports from Healthwatch York.

These share feedback received about mental health services, and people’s thoughts on future delivery of mental health support in the city.

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

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

Democratic Services Officer

Ben Jewitt

Telephone – (01904) 553073

Email – benjamin.jewitt@york.gov.uk