Health and Wellbeing Board

The Tower Hamlets Health and Wellbeing board is a statutory committee of the council.

This means senior leaders from the NHS, Tower Hamlets, Healthwatch and the voluntary and community sector can work together to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Tower Hamlets and reduce health inequalities.

What does the health and wellbeing board do?

The health and wellbeing board aims to improve the health and wellbeing of local people and tackle health inequalities by:

• identifying local health needs and priorities, and making sure commissioning plans reflect the findings of our analysis of local health needs, the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
• preparing and publishing a joint health and wellbeing strategy based upon the needs identified within Tower Hamlets health and wellbeing profile
• plan the delivery of integrated local services by addressing the underlying factors of health and wellbeing
• encouraging agencies to collaborate
• communicating and engaging with the public and other stakeholders about how to achieve the best possible quality of life

Our Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Councillor Gulam Kibria Choudhury, chairs meetings of the Health and Wellbeing Board and produces a briefing note following each board meeting.

Health and Wellbeing Board meeting dates, agendas and papers can be found on our committee pages. 

Who sits on the health and wellbeing board?

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 sets out a minimum membership of:

• one local councillor
• a representative of the local Healthwatch
• a representative of the local clinical commissioning group
• the local authority director for adult social services
• the local authority director for children’s services
• the director of public health for the local authority

Tower Hamlets Health and Wellbeing Board has widened its membership to include representatives from Barts Health Trust, GP Care Group, East London Foundation Trust and the Community and Voluntary Sector.