The vision, principles, goals and purpose of the Thurrock Health and Wellbeing Board are outlined below.

Our Vision:

The Board’s Vision of Levelling the Playing Field aims to tackle the many causes of poor health that are not level across Thurrock such as individuals’ health risk behaviours including smoking and the quality of clinical care that people receive.  The greatest influences on overall community health are wider determinants of health. These include high-quality education, access to employment and other opportunities, warm and safe homes, access to green spaces and leisure, strong and resilient communities and effective public protection.

Thurrock experiences an unlevel playing field in each of these areas and the Health and Wellbeing Strategy aims to level up those inequities.

Our Principles:

Reducing inequality in health and wellbeing

Prevention is better than cure

Empowering people and communities

Connected services

Our commitments will be delivered

Continually improving service delivery

Continuing to establish clear links between health and education services, improving accessibility for all   

Purpose:

to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities in health and wellbeing

to develop and facilitate the delivery of transitional arrangements to meet statutory requirements within the emerging health agenda

to determine the health improvement priorities in Thurrock

to oversee the development and implementation of Thurrock’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy

The board is chaired by the Portfolio Holder for Health and Wellbeing and has a combination of Membership, constituting of Elected Members, Directors of various service areas of Thurrock Council, and representatives from NHS Thurrock Alliance, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Thurrock North East London Foundation Trust, Essex Partnership University Trust, Health Watch Thurrock, Thurrock CVS, Essex Police, Thurrock Community Safety Partnership Board and the Adult Safeguarding Partnership

This meeting is open to the public, although in considering some items of business, the press and public may be requested to leave the meeting.