Health & Wellbeing Boards

Both North Yorkshire and York have their own Health & Wellbeing Boards (HWB). Each HWB has representatives from local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and partners including the voluntary sector. The voluntary sector representative for the North Yorkshire Health & Wellbeing Board is Jill Quinn, Chief Executive at Dementia Forward.

Each Health & Wellbeing Board works to develop robust joint health and wellbeing strategies and sets the framework for commissioning health care, social care and public health services.

Find out more about the North Yorkshire Health & Wellbeing Board here.

You can find out more about the York Health & Wellbeing Board here.

North Yorkshire Health and Wellbeing Board

Documents circulated by the Board provide timely insight and recommendations for better health and wellbeing, and joining up of all parts of society and economy. The most recent papers are:

• Our place – shares some of the innovative work that councils are leading to promote good mental health and wellbeing.
• Impact of Covid-19 on Health Inequalities in Bradford District – shines a light on national and local health inequalities in terms of poor outcomes relating to deprivation and ethnicity, poverty and housing, health and disability.
• Building Back Health and Prosperity – sets out a vision to be bold in the way we build back better health and prosperity, improve public services and tackle health inequalities. Seven areas of action listed for health devolution.  Themes also reflected in the NHS Reset programme.
• Over-Exposed and Under-Protected: The Devastating Impact of Covid-19 on Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Great Britain – this report focusses on health, mental health, housing, finances, use of public transport during Covid-19, experiences of racism and presents recommendations for employers and Government.