Health and Wellbeing boards were established under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to act as a forum in which key leaders from the local health and care system could work together to improve the health and wellbeing of their local population. They became fully operational on 1 April 2013 in all 152 local authorities with adult social care and public heath responsibilities. They have a statutory duty, with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), to produce a joint strategic needs assessment and a joint health and wellbeing strategy for their local population. The current members of the Portsmouth Health and Wellbeing Board include:
- Portsmouth City Council (including elected members and officers including the Director of Public Health)
- Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) – responsible for commissioning (or buying) a wide range of NHS services for people who live and work in the city of Portsmouth. Portsmouth CCG covers the whole city area, including Southsea. GP practices (or Doctor’s surgeries) are part of our services. For more details, please contact the Portsmouth CCG on (023) 9289 9500, at www.portsmouthccg.nhs.uk or at pccg.enquiries@nhs.net
- Healthwatch Portsmouth
- Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust
- Solent NHS Trust
- Age UK Portsmouth (on behalf of community and voluntary sector organisations)
- Hampshire Constabulary
- Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
- National Probation Service
- University of Portsmouth
- Portsmouth Education Partnership