Health and Wellbeing Strategic Reference Group

The Health and Wellbeing Strategic Reference Group brings together organisations and bodies which provide health care in Newham to improve the quality of and access to health care in the borough.

It also aims to reduce health inequalities within Newham and between Newham and the rest of London.

Responsibilities

The group’s work includes:

• Providing a forum for organisations and bodies which provide health care in Newham to share information
• Identifying important issues and trends through this information sharing
• Identifying solutions to these issues and recommending them to the Health and Wellbeing Board
• Working together to bring health care improvements in line with the Health and Wellbeing Board’s strategy
• Working with the Health and Wellbeing Board to talk to organisations which provide health care, patients and the wider public and getting them to talk to each other
• Report and make recommendations to the Health and Wellbeing Board
• Doing tasks the Health and Wellbeing Board ask for that help the board
• Make open and transparent decisions that are also in line with the group’s responsibilities
• Promoting health and wellbeing services
• Creating conditions for local residents to manage and improve their own health
• Giving support to the local social care agenda.

Membership