Agenda

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed at the meeting.

Members are asked to note the membership of the Board for 2025/26,

approved by Annual Council on 15 May 2025:

City Councillors (5 places)

­   Councillor Vi Dempster, Assistant City Mayor, Health, Culture, Libraries and Community Centres (Chair)

­   Councillor Elaine Pantling, Assistant City Mayor, Children and Young People

­   Councillor Geoff Whittle, Assistant City Mayor, Environment and

Transport

­   2 Vacancies

Council Officers (4 places)

­   Laurence Jones, Strategic Director of Social Care and Education

­   Rob Howard, Director of Public Health

­   Dr Katherine Packham, Public Health Consultant

­   Vacancy

NHS Representatives (7 places)

­   Caroline Trevithick, Chief Executive, Leicester, Leicestershire and

Rutland Integrated Care Board

­   Rachna Vyas, Chief Operating Officer, Leicester, Leicestershire and

Rutland Integrated Care Board

­   Dr Avi Prasad, Clinical Place Leader, Leicester, Leicestershire and

Rutland Integrated Care Board

­   Helen Mather - Associate Director of Elective Care, Cancer and

Diagnostics, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board

­   Ruw Abeyratne, Director of Health Equality and Inclusion, University

Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

­   Jean Knight, Deputy Chief Executive, Leicestershire Partnership NHS

Trust

­   1 Vacancy

Healthwatch / Other Representatives (8 places)

­   Harsha Kotecha, Chair, Healthwatch Advisory Board, Leicester and

Leicestershire

­   Rupert Matthews, Police and Crime Commissioner, Leicester,

Leicestershire and Rutland

­   Barney Thorne, Mental Health Partnership Manager, Leicestershire

Police

­   Benjamin Bee, Area Manager Community Risk, Leicestershire Fire and

Rescue Service

­   Kevin Allen-Khimani, Chief Executive, Voluntary Action Leicester

­   Kevin Routledge, Strategic Sports Alliance Group

­   Sue Tilley, Head of the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership

­   Bertha Ochieng, Professor of Integrated Health and Social Care at De

Montfort University

The Minutes of the previous meeting of the Board held on 6^th March 2025 are attached and the Board is asked to confirm them as a correct record.

The Chair to invite questions from members of the public.

The Director of Adult Social Care and Safeguarding submits the Better Care Plan 2025-2026 and requests for this to be endorsed by the Health and Wellbeing Board.

(Documents will be circulated to members via email.)

The Digital and Transformation Lead for Leicester City South PCN submits a report on a population health management approach to addressing health inequalities using social prescribing:

• 3 Conversations
• Multimorbidity population support with understanding their medication
• Overview of project and its impact

The Deputy Chief Nurse at University Hospitals Leicester has submitted a report providing an overview of current care standards. The report highlights the actions being taken to drive improvements and outlines the tools in place to support and assure quality of care.

The Senior Intelligence Manager, Leicester City Council submits an update to the Health and Wellbeing Board on the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.

An update on the Quarter 3 data for the Better Care Fund.

(This document will be circulated to members via email)

An overview of the Leicester City Gambling Harms Needs Assessment, outlining the health needs of the local population, the existing support services, and recommendations for further action to address identified needs

To note that meetings have been arranged for the following dates in 2025/2026 which were submitted to the Annual Council in May 2025.  Please add these dates to your diaries.  Diary appointments will be sent to Board Members.

Thursday 25 September 2025 – 9.30am

Thursday 4 December 2025 – 9.30am

Thursday 5 March 2026 – 9.30am

Meetings of the Board are scheduled to be held in Meeting Room G01 at City Hall unless stated otherwise on the agenda for the meeting.