The Health and Wellbeing Board is a partnership between Sheffield City Council, the NHS and a range of partners in the city that aims to deliver a single approach to improving the health and wellbeing of Sheffield residents.
Board responsibilities and board members
The Health and Wellbeing Board is responsible for setting Sheffield’s strategy for improving the health and wellbeing of its citizens. It is also responsible for agreeing and publishing a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), which forms the main evidence base for that strategy. The JSNA looks at the health of Sheffield's population and includes a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment to aid commissioning of pharmacy services.
The Board’s membership is as follows:
- Chair of Sheffield City Council Adult Health & Social Care Policy Committee - Cllr Angela Argenzio (Chair)
- Chair of Sheffield City Council Education, Children & Families Policy Committee - Cllr Mick Rooney
- Chair of Sheffield City Council Housing Policy Committee - Cllr Douglas Johnson
- Sheffield City Council Chief Executive - Kate Josephs
- Sheffield City Council Director of Adult Health and Social Care - Alexis Chappell
- Sheffield City Council Director of Children’s Services - Andrew Jones
- Sheffield City Council Executive Director, City Futures - Kate Martin
- Sheffield City Council Director of Public Health - Greg Fell
- NHS South Yorkshire Executive Director for Sheffield - Emma Latimer
- NHS Sheffield Director with responsibility for strategic leadership - Sandie Buchan
- NHS Sheffield Director with responsibility for clinical leadership - Dr Zak McMurray
- Nominated representative of the Health and Care Partnership - Kathryn Robertshaw
- Nominated representative of NHS Acute Provider Trusts - Vacant
- Nominated clinical representative of Primary Care Networks - Vacant
- Nominated representative of partners working with or for children and young people - Vacant
- Nominated representative of partners working to support mental health and wellbeing - Vacant
- Representative from a VCF organisation working citywide - Helen Sims
- Representative from a VCF organisation working within a locality - Vacant
- Representative from a VCF organisation working with a specific group - Vacant
- Representative of South Yorkshire Police - Superintendent Benn Kemp
- Chair of Healthwatch Sheffield - Judy Robinson
- Representative of University of Sheffield - Rob Sykes
- Representative of Sheffield Hallam University - Joe Rennie
Meetings open to the public
The Board has 4 formal public meetings a year, which members of the public can attend and ask questions.