Health and wellbeing partnership

The purpose of the group is to coordinate efforts by partner organisations to reduce the inequality gap in Wirral by improving health & wellbeing through action on the following priority themes:

• Life expectancy & health inequalities
• Alcohol
• Obesity
• Smoking
• Mental health & wellbeing
• Long term conditions e.g. cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Sexual health
• Health protection
• Worklessness.

The group is also responsible for the monitoring of performance against shared priorities and indicators in key strategic plans including the health and Wellbeing Strategic Framework, NHS Wirral Commissioning Strategic Plan, Wirral Council Corporate Plan and Children and Young People’s Plan through the Health Inequalities Action Plan.

The network structure of the partnership is intended to reflect the complexity of issues which contribute to health and wellbeing; map the various groups and committees responsible for different aspects of health and wellbeing; and identify the governance arrangements. It is intended that members of the various groups within the structure will be kept informed and engaged through regular newsletters, training and development opportunities to enable them to champion health and wellbeing and health inequalities issues within their wider work.

This represents a further development within Wirral of the successful Cheshire and Merseyside public health network ChaMPs for Health. The health & wellbeing network will also develop links with the other theme delivery partnerships within the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP).

A number of reports relating to health in Wirral are produced annually.