Agenda item

This report presents a suggested framework for an Action Plan and Population Health Outcomes Monitor for the new Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2023.

The Consultant in Public Health, City of York Council, presented a report on the suggested framework for an Action Plan and Population Health Outcomes Monitor for the new Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2023.

He stated the aim of these documents is to assure Members that the strategy makes a difference by showing the actions put in place and how they are tracked. He proposed that the action plan covers the first two years of the strategy’s lifespan and is focussed around the 10 big goals set out in the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy before it demonstrated how the identified actions link to the big six ambitions contained in the strategy. He then went on to explain that the Population Health Outcomes Monitor is also linked to the ten big goals and is designed to provide Members with a holistic view of whether the strategy is making a difference to the health and wellbeing of York’s population by using outcome data.

The Director of Public Health, City of York Council, also spoke on the importance of the wider determinants that impact public health, such as employment and housing, and how the Council can engage with numerous departments to create an environment to improve public health.

In response to questions from Members, the Consultant in Public Health and the Director of Public Health noted that:

·        The framework was aimed at promoting health equity and reducing health inequalities but it should also fit in with the wider aspirations and strategies throughout York so can be amended to reflect this.  

·        Suicide attempts were not recorded officially so it was difficult to generate accurate numbers but there was ongoing work with partners to gain an understanding of these problems. An update would be brought to the Board.

Board Members were asked to comment on the following options:

     i.         Will the proposed action plan framework enable us to plan the right actions, and will the proposed outcomes monitor enable us to know if it’s working?

    ii.         How many actions should be prepared for each of the 10 goals across the first 2 years of the strategy (suggestion is 2 or 3)

  iii.        How often would HWBB members like to be updated on progress against the actions and the status of the Population Health Outcomes Monitor?

  iv.        How do we ensure ownership of the actions in the plan by all organisations?

   v.        How do we maximise the co benefits between actions designed to improve health and wellbeing, and actions falling out of the Economic and Climate Change Strategies?

The Chair requested Members to send their responses to the above to the Health and Wellbeing Partnerships Coordinator.

Resolved:

     i.         That the draft action plan at Annex A and the draft performance management framework at Annex B, be noted and comments are sent to the Partnerships Coordinator.

    ii.         That the Board agreed to proceed with two documents above so that final versions can be presented to the Board in March 2023.

  iii.        That the Board be updated on the progress against the actions and the status of the Population Health Outcomes Monitor every three months.

Reason: To ensure that the Health and Wellbeing Board fulfils its statutory duty to deliver on their Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2032.