Agenda

Members of the public who wish to speak on an item on the agenda at this meeting, or present a petition, can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection.

Requests to present a petition must be submitted no later than 9am ten working days before the meeting.

Requests to speak must be submitted no later than 9am three working days before the meeting (ie: 9AM Monday 11^th May 2026)

Requests should be submitted to omid.nouri@oxfordshire.gov.uk AND committeesdemocraticservices@oxfordshire.gov.uk

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that if the technology fails, then your views can still be taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am on the day of the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.”

To approve the Note of Decisions/Minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2026 and to receive information arising from them.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is RECOMMENDED to:

1.    Support the promotion and sharing of the findings from the evaluation of the Oxfordshire County Council-funded Community Health Development Officer (CHDO) programme and the Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB)-funded Well Together programme, with partners and colleagues across the system.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is RECOMMENDED to:

1.    Provide feedback on the proposed design of the 2026 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).

2.    Advise on the content of the 2026 JSNA, approach, and to highlight any additional topics and themes of research and intelligence interest that they would like to see included.

3.    Via relevant officers in their organisations, contribute information and intelligence to the JSNA to further its development and participate in making information more accessible to everyone.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is RECOMMENDED to: 

1.    NOTE the progress of the delivery of priorities 1 and 2 under the thematic domain of Start Well within the Health and Wellbeing Strategy along with key challenges.  

2.    NOTE the Best Start in Life plan, attached as an appendix to this report, and: 

1. DELEGATE responsibility for regular monitoring of progress on outcomes relevant to the Best Start in Life Plan to the Children’s Trust Board;  

2. NOTE that those outcomes will include the inequality of Good Level of Development (GLD) outcomes for children eligible for free school meals; and 

3. NOTE that the Children’s Trust Board will report to the Health and Wellbeing Board on this matter as part of these annual Start Well updates and as required for escalation.  

The Health and Wellbeing Board is RECOMMENDED to:

1.    NOTE and APPROVE the direction of travel set out in this report for the Oxfordshire Better Care Fund Plan for 2026/27 and the decision-making process set out at paragraph 14.

2.    APPROVE the Oxfordshire Better Care Fund Plan for 2026/27 and decision on the assurance statements set out at paragraph 19 (of the main report for this item) for submission by 19^th May 2026. 

The Health and Wellbeing Board is RECOMMENDED to:

1.    NOTE the activities and outcomes of the Oxfordshire Combatting Drugs Partnership, reflected in the Annual Progress Report in Annex 1.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is recommended to NOTE the verbal update on the Health and Wellbeing Strategy Indicator Review.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is recommended to NOTE the Marmot Place Update.

The Health and Wellbeing Board is recommended to NOTE the Neighbourhood Health Plan Update.

To receive and NOTE the Healthwatch Oxfordshire Report on patient views and experiences of Oxfordshire health and care services.

To receive updates from Partnership Boards:

1.    Place-Based Partnership (Verbal Update).

2.    Health Improvement Board (Verbal Update).

3.    Children’s Trust Board (Verbal Update).

The Board is asked to NOTE the forward work programme.