In partnership with NHS Clinical Commissioners, we co-deliver leadership events for political and clinical leaders in care, health and wellbeing. These provide an opportunity to learn from each other and share experiences, using the LGA's tried and tested approach to leadership development.
A series of webinars will be held weekly during March 2021, co-chaired by Cllr Sue Woolley, Chair of Lincolnshire Health and Wellbeing Board and Dr Graham Jackson, Chair NHSCC and Senior Clinical Adviser, NHS Confed. The sessions will:
provide the context Health and Wellbeing Boards with input from key speakers and offering the latest national and policy perspective
provide opportunities for discussion and Q&As around the issues, challenges and opportunities within your system and place
explore the key features of effective system leadership
provide an environment for personal leadership development and reflective thinking.
Audience:
Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) chairs/co-chairs
HWB vice chairs
council leaders
clinical commissioning group (CCG) chairs
lead political role/chair in an NHS partnership or Devo arrangement
portfolio-holders/lead members with responsibility for adult social care
This session explored current challenges and opportunities for HWBs, and how place-based leadership is crucial. It considered the latest NHS reform proposals, and the importance of place and the HWBs in this context, and what you see as the future of HWBs.
Sarah Pickup, Deputy Chief Executive, LGA
Lou Patten, Chief Executive, NHSCC
Dr Jo Sauvage, Chair, NHS North Central London CCG
Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman LGA Community Wellbeing Board and Leader, Oxfordshire County Council
Professor Kate Ardern, Director of Public Health, Wigan Council
Rob Webster, Chief Executive of South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS FT
Louise Patten, CEO, NHS Clinical Commissioners and Director, ICS Network
This session will explore how HWBs can tackle health inequalities, specifically in light of the unequal impact of COVID-19 on communities.
Louise Marshall, The Health Foundation
Professor Kevin Fenton, Regional Director of Public Health (London)
Cllr Paulette Hamilton, Vice-Chair LGA Community Wellbeing Board and Chair Birmingham City HWB
Learning Disability England
This session will explore the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, wellbeing and isolation, and how HWBs are leading local action to understand and address the impact on their communities.
Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health
Cllr Ed Davie, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, Lambeth Council
Victoria Bleazard, Head of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG
Diane Lee, Head of Public Health, Barnsley Council
The session will explore the future vision of health, care and wellbeing, with a specific focus on the role of HWBs. Key issues relate to the impact of COVID-19, particularly the wider determinants of health, prevention and equalities and the next steps in ICS development.
Cllr Richard Kemp, Deputy Chair LGA Community Wellbeing Board, and Liverpool City Council
Ian Williamson, Greater Manchester Health and Care Partnership