The Health and Wellbeing Board is a strategic, multi-agency
partnership board, carrying out duties conferred by the Health and
Care Act (2022) and the National Health Service Act
(2006).
It brings together the Local Authority, the City and
Hackney Health and Care Board, Healthwatch Hackney, and other partners in order to
improve the commissioning of health and social care
services.
Alongside its duty to improve commissioning, the Board also
has responsibility for promoting integration between health and
social care, and aims to improve the health and wellbeing of local
people and tackle health inequalities.
The Board enables senior stakeholders and local
representatives to strategically plan the commissioning of the
right health and social care services for adults and children in
Hackney, highlighting the most cost-effective ways to enable
Hackney residents to live longer, healthier, safer, happier
lives.
Details regarding the functions and
establishment of the Board can be found in the Council’s
Constitution: https://hackney.gov.uk/council-constitution