Committee details

The Newham Partnership is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for Newham and brings together a range of organisations from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors.

Partnership Action Boards (PAB), such as Better Health and Well Being, brings together partners and organisations who will direct and deliver key objectives across the seven themes of the Sustainable Community Strategy.  The Partnership Action Boards have responsibility for managing the performance in terms of delivering targets and outcomes, which fall within their remit.  In addition contributing to the Newham Partnership’s overall targets where they can make a positive impact on cross cutting priorities.

The Better Health and Wellbeing PAB’s purpose; vision and ambitions are:

1.  Purpose

1.1  The Better Health and Wellbeing Partnership Action Board (BHWPAB or PAB) brings together partners and organisations who will direct and deliver key objectives across the Healthy Newham theme of the Sustainable Community Strategy. 

1.2  The BHWPAB has responsibility for managing the performance in terms of delivering targets and outcomes, which fall within its remit.  In addition contributing to the Newham Partnership’s overall targets where the PAB can make a positive impact on cross cutting priorities.

1.3  Those themes from the Sustainable Community Strategy, which do not have a specific Partnership Action Board (Active and Connected Newham and Cleaner Greener Newham), will be managed as cross cutting themes, with each Partnership Action Board and individual partners contributing to their delivery.

2.  Vision

"The health of all Newham people will be better than other Londoners by 2020 and the quality of services which affect health will be as good as anywhere in the country by 2012"

3.  The Better Health and Well Being LAPB ambitions for 2012 and beyond

·  Set the strategic direction for better health and wellbeing services in Newham

·  Improve the quality of services and access to services, so that services are closer to people and their needs

·  Reduce health inequalities between Newham and London, and between neighbourhoods and demographic groups within Newham

·  Create the right conditions for communities and individuals to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing

·  Secure a legacy of significantly improved health and wellbeing, especially better cardiovascular health, from the Olympic and Paralympic Games

4.  Terms of Reference

The terms of reference for the Better Health and Wellbeing Partnership Action Board are as follows:

i)  To provide leadership across the Healthy Newham theme of the Sustainable Community Strategy, developing detailed strategies and action plans for the delivery of outcomes.

ii)  Managing performance of any LAA indicators and other key targets within this theme, undertaking a partnership approach to delivering improvements and ensuring added value.

iii)  To receive quarterly performance reports, undertaking performance management and problem solving and to provide an exception report on areas of concern to the Public Service Board and the Newham Partnership Board.

iv)  To work with the Public Service Board to overcome barriers and identify solutions, ensuring a cross cutting and shared approach to improving performance.

v)  To identify key issues and emerging trends, using the Partnership Action Board as a forum for information sharing and developing a shared approach and joint working across their field of work.

vi)  To ensure that the Partnership Action Board’s work informs and complements the work being implemented across all of the themes of the Sustainable Community Strategy, identifying opportunities to provide added value and contribute to delivering the Newham Partnership’s overall vision and objectives.

vii)  To carry out any statutory functions, which fall within the remit, and to determine any additional terms of reference or responsibilities that together the partners wish to pursue.

viii)  To produce a forward plan for agendas and seek to achieve a balance between performance management and consideration of strategic issues.

ix)  To engage local businesses and independent organisations around specific areas of work or to fill specific specialism, knowledge or skills roles, and are transparent about the rationale.

x)  To undertake an annual self-assessment and review their focus and objectives, structures and membership in light of the outcomes.

The Better Health and Well Being PAB has been allocated the following LAA targets:

The general terms of reference for the Partnership Action Board are as follows:

i)  To provide leadership across a specific theme of the Sustainable Community Strategy, developing detailed strategies and action plans for the delivery of outcomes.

ii)  Managing performance of any LAA indicators and other key targets within their theme, undertaking a partnership approach to delivering improvements and ensuring added value.

iii)  To receive quarterly performance reports, undertaking performance management and problem solving and to provide an exception report on areas of concern to the Public Service Board and the Newham Partnership Board.

iv)  To work with the Public Service Board to overcome barriers and identify solutions, ensuring a cross cutting and shared approach to improving performance.

v)  To identify key issues and emerging trends, using the Partnership Action Board as a forum for information sharing and developing a shared approach and joint working across their field of work.

vi)  To ensure that the Partnership Action Board’s work informs and complements the work being implemented across all of the themes of the Sustainable Community Strategy, identifying opportunities to provide added value and contribute to delivering the Newham Partnership’s overall vision and objectives.

vii)  To carry out any statutory functions, which fall within their remit, and to determine any additional terms of reference or responsibilities that together the partners wish to pursue.

viii)  To produce a forward plan for agendas and seek to achieve a balance between performance management and consideration of strategic issues.

ix)  To engage local businesses and independent organisations around specific areas of work or to fill specific specialism, knowledge or skills roles, and are transparent about the rationale.

x)  To undertake an annual self-assessment and review their focus and objectives, structures and membership in light of the outcomes.

For information about meetings of the Better Health and Well Being Partnership Action Board please contact Joy George at joy.george@newham.gov.uk or by telephone on 020 3373 1256.

For information on the Local Strategic Partnership please contact David Hodgkins, Head of Corporate Planning and Partnerships, at david.hodgkins@newham.gov.uk or by telephone on 020 3373 9932.