Northamptonshire Health and Wellbeing Board

The Northamptonshire Health and Wellbeing Board enables key leaders from across the local health and care system to work (jointly) to:

• improve the health and wellbeing of the people in their area
• promote the integration of services
• reduce inequalites

Key responsibilities of the Health and Wellbeing Board

• Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) assess the current and future health and social care needs of the local population, using information collated from different sources and partners. 
• Health and Wellbeing Strategy provides a jointly agreed and locally determined set of priorities for West Northamptonshire. 
• Directors of Public Health are statutorily required to produce an annual report, which is a vehicle for informing local people about the health of their community, as well as providing necessary information for decision-makers in local health services and authorities on health gaps and priorities that need to be addressed. Health and Wellbeing Boards have a duty to agree publication of this report.
• To endorse oversee the successful implementation of Better Care Fund (BCF),  Improved Better Care Fund.