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Health and wellbeing boards directory

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Our directory provides details and contact information for health and wellbeing boards in England.

More than 130 local authorities have signed up to create shadow health and wellbeing boards with their health partners by April 2012, and we will continue to update the directory as the new boards are established.

All of the details in the directory are either publicly available or have been submitted for publication by the health and wellbeing boards.


View The King's Fund Health and Wellbeing Board directory map in a larger map

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#920 Kirstie Clegg
Project manager
Transition Alliance / Department of Health
28 Feb 2012

The Transtion Alliance programme works with all 23 Early Implementers in the North West to update and share latest developments around Health and Wellbeing Boards. All of the details in the matrix are publicly available and have been submitted for publication by the Health and Wellbeing boards. The matrix can be viewed on the Transition Alliance website: transitionalliance.co.uk/phocadownload/HWBMatrix/health%20and%20wellbeing%20boards%20matrix%20feb12.pdf

#1012 Glyn Jones
Regional Coordinator (South East Coast and South Central
BMA
13 May 2012

In terms of the HWBs listed in the current South East Coast, South Central and South West, do you have current details about the ones names and are all the upper tier local authorities covered in your entries?

#1013 Sarah Tucker
Assistant Web Editor
The King's Fund
14 May 2012

Hi Glyn

Thanks for your query. We’ll be in touch direct with this information.

#1014 Matthew Pike
Substance
14 May 2012

Viewing lists by map is quite cumbersome.. Is it possible to have a simple list of contact details?

#1015 Sarah Tucker
Assistant Web Editor
The King's Fund
15 May 2012

Hi Matthew

If you select the link underneath the map - 'view the directory in a larger map' - you can see a list of the health and wellbeing boards and their contact details on our Google maps page.

Thanks

Sarah

#4072 Christopher Diskin
23 Oct 2012

Is there a list available of the local authorities who have not founded shadow Health and Wellbeing Boards?

#4187 honganh.nguyen
Information Specialist
The King's Fund
23 Oct 2012
Hello Christopher,

All upper-tier and unitary local authorities in England are statutorily required to have HWBs set up. In other words, all local authorities at county level (i.e. upper-tier authorities) and local authorities which combine upper- and lower-tier levels (i.e. unitary authorities such as the London boroughs) will have a HWB. It is only the lower-tier local authorities (such as metropolitan district councils) which aren't required to set up a HWB. For more on this, please have a look at these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_and_wellbeing_boards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_England

As far as we are aware, there is not a comprehensive list and the best way to put one together would be to double-check a list of lower-tier local authorities against our map (as some lower-tier local authorities have established HWBs).

Hope you find this useful! If you have any further enquiries, please email library@kingsfund.org.uk.

Hong-Anh
#15811 Paul Jarvis
Sport & Health Director
StreetGames
14 Nov 2012

In the South East section, there seems to be a mix of upper and lower tier HWBs shown. For example, the Dover HWB describes itself as a sub committee of the main Kent HWB. And Surrey Heath appears as the main HWB for Surrey, but it is in fact a district and not a unitary authority. As the lower tier HWBs are voluntary, not statutory, and therefore not subject to the same duties or responsibilities, would it be helpful to distinguish these in the directory? Also, some unitaries are currently missing e.g. Milton Keynes and Medway.
A useful resource, so many thanks for producing and updating it.

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