Committee details
Purpose of committee
To exercise the functions of the Council to:
· ensure the delivery of improved health and wellbeing outcomes for the population of Devon, with a specific focus on reducing inequalities;
· promote the integration of health, social care and public health, through partnership working with the NHS, Social Care Providers, District Councils and other public sector bodies;
· promote an integrated health improvement approach to public health service provision
and to
· provide a local governance structure for the local planning of and accountability for all health and wellbeing related services to individual adults and young people and families working with strategic alliances, partnerships or national or local initiatives not identified hereunder which may impact on the commissioning or provision of services
· assess the needs and assets of the local population and lead the development of the statutory Devon Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) in partnership with Clinical Commissioning Groups
· similarly, produce and update a Devon Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy to provide a strategic framework to meet the needs identified in the JSNA
· promote joint and joined-up commissioning and pooled budget arrangements, where that makes sense as a means of promoting integration and partnership working across areas
· ensure that all commissioning plans and policies reflect the health and wellbeing priorities identified through the joint needs assessment process
· to receive regular reports from the Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Protection Committee, the Devon Children Young People’s & Families Alliance, the Devon Children’s and Adults Safeguarding Boards, Healthwatch Devon and other stakeholders, as required.
Membership
- Louise Arscott Devon & Torbay Probation Service
- Steve Brown Director of Devon Public Health
- Jane Chandler South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Stuart Collins Director of Children & Young People's Futures
- Councillor Roger Croad
- Gavin Ellis Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service
- Tandra Forster Director of Integrated Adult Social Care, DCC
- Adel Jones Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Councillor Andrew Leadbetter
- Councillor Frank Letch MBE
- Stephanie Lewis Joint Engagement Forum
- Sarah Lonton Healthwatch Devon
- Ian Luscombe Strategic Environmental Health Managers Group
- Phillip Mantay Devon Partnership NHS Trust
- Councillor James McInnes (Chair)
- Councillor Andrew Saywell
- Chris Tidman Royal Devon University Healthcare
- Sarah Wollaston (Vice-Chair) Chair of the Integrated Care System
Contact information
Support officer: Wendy Simpson, 01392 384383. Email: wendy.simpson@devon.gov.uk