Consultation outcome

Health and wellbeing board duties

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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JSNA and JHWS: explicit link from evidence to service planning

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Summary table of the duties and powers introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 relevant to JSNAs and JHWSs

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Detail of outcome

Guidance for health and wellbeing boards to meet local health and social care needs.


Original consultation

Summary

Asks for your views on draft guidance for the new duties of health and wellbeing boards.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This guidance sets out a framework for the NHS and local government to work together, through health and wellbeing boards, to undertake joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and joint health and wellbeing strategies (JHWSs).

The 8 week public consultation:

  • set out duties that support JSNAs and JHWSs to be undertaken by clinical commissioning groups and local authorities through health and wellbeing boards from April 2013
  • explained how JSNAs and JHWSs will fit together with commissioning plans in the health and care system
  • set out how the JSNA and JHWS process will enable the NHS and local government to make real improvements to the health and wellbeing of local people

JSNAs are assessments of the current and future health and social care needs of the local community, and JHWSs are strategies for meeting the needs identified in JSNAs.

Health and wellbeing boards are a forum where leaders from the health and care system work together to improve the health and wellbeing of their local population and reduce health inequalities.

Documents

Easy read guide

Fact sheet: table of duties and powers

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Technical appendix

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Summary of terms

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Published 31 July 2012
Last updated 17 July 2013 + show all updates
  1. Final statutory guidance and supporting documents, consultation response attached.

  2. First published.