Bedford Borough Health and Wellbeing Board
Health and Wellbeing Boards are a key element of the Health and Social Care Bill. This will enable local authorities to deliver new duties and improve joined up working from April 2013.
Bedford Borough’s Health and Wellbeing Board, established in 2011, brings together those who buy services across health, social care and children’s services. Members of the board also include elected councillors, service users and patients to ensure that decisions about services meet local needs and are informed by local people.
Underpinning the work that the Board does is Bedford Borough’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2012 - 2013. This strategy outlines the proposed top priorities for improving the health and wellbeing of all people in the Borough.
Tell us what you thinkA copy of the consultation draft strategy and further information on the proposals can be found at the Bedford Borough Council website www.bedford.gov.uk/hwb
The consultation runs from Wednesday 18 January 2012 to Tuesday 14 March 2012.