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
Matthew Hicks (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, Norfolk and Waveney CCG Derek Davis, Babergh District Council Dr Anoop Dhesi, Chairman, Norfolk and Waveney CCG, Robert Everitt, West Suffolk Council Wendy Herber, Chair, Healthwatch Suffolk	Beccy Hopfensperger (Con) Cabinet Member for Adult Care Stuart Keeble Suffolk 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 (Con) Cabinet Member for Children and Young People's Services Andrew Reid (Con) Cabinet Member for Public Health, Public Protection and Communities Harry Richardson, Mid Suffolk District Council Mary Rudd, East Suffolk Council Dr Mark Shenton, Chairman, NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG 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 2022 will be subject to reconsideration by Council on 19 May 2022

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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