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 2024/25, approved by Annual Council on 16 May 2024:

City Councillors (5 places)

·       Councillor Sarah Russell, Deputy City Mayor, Social Care, Health, and Community Safety (Chair)

·       Councillor Elaine Pantling, Assistant City Mayor, Education

·       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

·       1 Vacancy to be nominated by the Chief Operating Officer

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, 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

Members are asked to note the Board’s Terms of Reference approved by Full Council on 16 May 2024.

The minutes of the previous meeting of the Health & Wellbeing Board held on 18 April 2024 are attached and the Board is asked to confirm them as a correct record.

The Chair is to invite questions from members of the public.

Laura French, Consultant in Public Health, will presenting recent findings and data from the review of local sexual health needs.

Laura French, Consultant in Public Health, will provide an overview of the process of recommissioning of sexual health services in Leicester and a review of a recent consultation exercise.

Mary Hall, Consultant in Public Health, will present a summary of the picture of Tuberculosis in Leicester and actions being taken.

Amy Endacott, Programme Manager Public Health, will provide a summary of the work of the Health and Wellbeing Board from January 2022 to July 2023.

Mark Wheatley, Programme Manager - Mental Health, will provide an overview of Leicester City Council Division of Public Health’s work with the African Heritage Alliance to support an initiative to explore key areas related to black mental health in Leicester.

Dr Ruw Abeyratne, Director of Health Equality and Inclusion, University Hospitals of Leicester, will present a report intentionally focusing on key themes that should underpin work to address maternal inequalities, particularly for Black women and birthing people.

To note that meetings have been arranged for the following dates in 2024/2025 which were submitted to the Annual Council in May 2024.  Please add these dates to your diaries.  Diary appointments have been sent to Board Members.

Thursday 27 June 2024 – 9.30am

Thursday 26 September 2024 – 9.30am

Thursday 12 December 2024 – 9.30am

Thursday 6 March 2025 – 9.30am

Meetings of the Board are scheduled to be held in Meeting Rooms G.01 at City Hall unless stated otherwise on the agenda for the meeting.