The strategy will set out the areas on which the different organisations in Wiltshire will be working together so that people have the support they need to live longer, healthier lives.
The Wiltshire-wide response on improving the health of the public and providing care to children and adults will need to be in line with the strategy. As will the work of the Clinical Commissioning Group (the organisation led by a group of GPs, responsible for buying the healthcare we need) and the NHS Commissioning Board (the national body responsible for sourcing specialist healthcare, including the services provided to patients by GPs). Joint commissioning plans will be developed to provide more detail on how the outcomes will be delivered.
The work on the strategy will be overseen by a new Health and Wellbeing Board. The Board members will work together to understand Wiltshire’s needs, agree local priorities and encourage commissioners (those responsible for designing and paying for services) to work in a joined up way. The Board will involve leading councillors as well as patient representatives (through Healthwatch Wiltshire) and will bring these together with local commissioners from health, public health, and children and adults’ social care sectors. By working in this way the Board aims to significantly strengthen the democratic basis of decisions, as well as offering a way of involving local people.
Wiltshire's Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy - Draft for Consultation 1mb
- Wiltshire's Joint Healh and Wellbeing Strategy - Consultation survey - Closing date 14 February 2013
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