Committee details
Health and Wellbeing Board
Purpose of committee
The vision, principles, goals and purpose of the Thurrock Health and Wellbeing Board are outlined below.
Our Vision:
- Adding Years to Life and Life to Years
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
Our Goals:
Opportunity for All
Healthier Environments
Better Emotional Health and Wellbeing
Quality Care Centred Around the Person
Healthier for Longer
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 Education and Children and has a combination of Membership, constituting of Elected Members, Directors of various service areas of Thurrock Council, and representatives from Thurrock NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), HealthWatch Thurrock, Thurrock Community Safety Partnership Board and Patient and Public Engagement.
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.
Membership
- Councillor George Coxshall (Chair)
- Councillor Barry Johnson
- Councillor Elizabeth Rigby
- Councillor Valerie Morris-Cook
- Ian Wake, Corporate Director of Adults, Housing and Health
- Jo Broadbent, Director of Public Health
- Rita Thakaria
- Sheila Murphy, Corporate Director of Children’s Services
- Michael Dineen
- Aleksandra Mecan
- Margaret Allen
- Michelle Stapleton, Executive Member, Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals University Foundation Trust
- Fiona Ryan
- Kim James, Chief Operating Officer, Healthwatch Thurrock
- Mark Tebbs
- Jim Nicholson, Chair of the Adult Safeguarding Partnership or their senior representative
- Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership or their senior representative
- Gill Burns, Director level representation of Thurrock, North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT)
- Alex Green, Executive Director of Community Services and Partnerships, Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT)
- B J Harrington
- Jenny Barnett
- Valerie Morris-Cook
Contact information
Support officer: Darren Kristiansen, Business Manager - Commissioning. Email: DKristiansen@thurrock.gov.uk
Postal address:
Civic Offices
New Road
Grays
Essex
RM17 6SL
Email: DKristiansen@thurrock.gov.uk
Web site: http://www.thurrock.gov.uk