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The Buckinghamshire Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) will be the key partnership for promoting the health and wellbeing of residents. Its focus will be on securing the best possible health outcomes for all local people.

The key functions of the board include:

To co-ordinate the development of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) to understand the health and wellbeing needs of the people of Buckinghamshire.

To determine the priorities for, and prepare, the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Buckinghamshire, that spans the NHS, social care, public health, and wider health determinants. The Strategy will be based on the JSNA and will focus on outcomes.

To promote integration and partnership across areas, including through promoting joined up commissioning plans across the NHS, social care and public health.

To ensure that, regardless of provider, commissioning decisions for health and wellbeing are in line with the joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and take due notice of the JSNA.

To co-ordinate effort to make the public monies invested in health and wellbeing work effectively to deliver the priorities in the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

Hold to account those responsible for the delivery of the outcomes set out in the Strategy.

Please note that this meeting is not open to the public.