Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Board

The Board has a duty to "encourage integrated working" between health, care, police and other public services in order to improve wellbeing outcomes for Suffolk.

It's responsible for delivery of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and the county's Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. The first Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy was approved in 2013. It was refreshed in 2016 and again in 2019.  The current refreshed Strategy document is available here.

The bodies represented on the Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Board include:

• Suffolk County Council
• local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
• NHS England
• HealthWatch
• the police
• the voluntary sector
• district and borough councils

Board Members

Chairman	Vice Chairman
Tony Goldson (Con)	Dr Ed Garratt NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk CCGs
Members Nicola Beach, Suffolk County Council Chief Executive Dr Christopher Browning, Chairman, NHS West Suffolk CCG Arthur Charvonia, Suffolk Chief Officers Leadership Team Sue Cook, Suffolk County Council Executive Director, of People's Services Melanie Craig, Chief Officer, NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG Derek Davis, Babergh District Council Dr Anoop Dhesi, Chairman, NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG Mary Evans, Suffolk County Council Cabinet Member for Children's Services, Education and Skills Robert Everitt, West Suffolk Council	Beccy Hopfensperger, Suffolk County Council, Cabinet Member for Adult Care Stuart KeebleSuffolk County Council Director of Public Health and Protection Steve Jupp, Suffolk's Chief Constable Neil MacDonald, Ipswich Borough Council Jon Neal, Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Health and Wellbeing Network Tim Passmore, Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner James Reeder, Suffolk County Council Cabinet Member for Health and Prevention Harry Richardson, Mid Suffolk District Council Mary Rudd, East Suffolk Council Dr Mark Shenton, Chairman, NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG Vacancy, Chairman, Healthwatch Suffolk Vacancy, NHS England

Meeting dates

You're welcome to come and observe meetings of the Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Board.

The papers and agendas for the meetings are available on our website five days before the meeting and will include venue details.

Dates after May 2021 will be subject to reconsideration by Council on 27 May 2021.

Contact and further information

If you would like to contact us, please email committee.services@suffolk.gov.uk or call 01473 265119, Monday to Friday; 9.30 am to 4.00 pm.

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