Hampshire County Council
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Meeting
Health and Wellbeing Board - Hampshire
Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Thursday, 11th December 2025
9:15 AM
Thursday, 11th December 2025
9:15 AM
End:
Thursday, 11th December 2025
11:29 AM
Thursday, 11th December 2025
11:29 AM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Confirmed
Date:
11 Dec 2025
11 Dec 2025
Location:
Mitchell Room - HCC
Mitchell Room - HCC
Meeting Attendees
Co-opted Member
David Radbourne
NHS England
Apologies
Co-opted Member
Ron Shields
Community and Mental Health NHS Trusts
Apologies, sent representative
Co-opted Member
Director of Public Health
Simon Bryant
Director of Public Health
Present, as expected
Co-opted Deputy
Mary O'Brien
NHS England
Expected
Vice-Chairman
Dr Karl Graham
Hampshire & IoW ICB
Present, as expected
Co-opted Member
Julie Amies
Voluntary and Community Sector
Present, as expected
Co-opted Member
Sam Burrows
Frimley Integrated Care Board
Apologies, sent representative
Co-opted Member
Ros Hartley
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
Present, as expected
Co-opted Deputy
Liz Butterfield
Healthwatch Hampshire
Present, as expected
Co-opted Deputy
Laura Taylor
District/Borough Council Chief Executives
Present, as expected
Co-opted Deputy
Partnerships Lead
Karen Dawes
Police & Crime Commissioner
Present, as substitute
Co-opted Deputy
Penny Emerit
Acute Health NHS Trusts
Expected
Co-opted Deputy
Paula Anderson
Community and Mental Health NHS Trusts
Present, as substitute
Committee Member
Clare Hedgecock
In attendance
Co-opted Deputy
Deputy to Director of Public Health
Johanna Jefferies
Deputy to Director of Public Health
Expected
Council Staff
Charlotte Koster
Expected
Co-opted Member
James Lucy
Hampshire Fire and Rescue
Apologies
Co-opted Deputy
Karen Farr
Hampshire Fire and Rescue
Apologies
Committee Member
Sue Harriman
Provider Representative: Hampshire Hospitals
Apologies
Co-opted Member
Councillor Anne Crampton
District/Borough Local Authorities
Apologies
Co-opted Member
Jessica Hutchinson
Director of Adults' Health and Care
Apologies, sent representative
Co-opted Member
Siobhain McCurrach
Hampshire Healthwatch
Present, as expected
Co-opted Member
Alex Ronnie
Hampshire Constabulary
Present, as expected
Committee Member
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) - Vacancy
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight)
Expected
Committee Member
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) - Vacancy
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight)
Expected
Committee Member
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) - Vacancy
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight)
Expected
Committee Member
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) - Vacancy
ICB (Hampshire and Isle of Wight)
Expected
Deputy
District, Borough, and City Council within Hampshire - Vacancy
District, Borough, and City Council within Hampshire
Not required
Co-opted Deputy
Voluntary and Community Sector - Vacancy
Voluntary and Community sector
Expected
Agenda
1
Apologies for Absence
To receive any apologies for absence received.
Minutes
Apologies were absences were received from David Rathbone, NHS England, John Amos, and Karen Karr, Hampshire Fire and Recuse, Donna Jones, Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Ron Sheilds, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust, Sam Burrows, Frimley Integrated Care Board, Sue Harriman, Hampshire Hospitals, Philip Jones, Hampshire Constabulary, Cllr Dr. Ann Crompton and Jess Hutchinson, Hampshire Adults and Social Care.
2
Declarations of Interest
All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to Part 3 Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore all Members with a Personal Interest in a matter being considered at the meeting should consider, having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 4 of the Code, whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, consider whether it is appropriate to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.
Minutes
Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Personal interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.
No declarations of interest were received.
No declarations of interest were received.
3
Minutes of Previous Meeting
To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.
Attachments:
- Document Minutes Public Pack, 09/10/2025 Health and Wellbeing Board 03 Dec 2025
Minutes
The minutes of the last meeting held on 9 October 2025 were reviewed and agreed.
4
Deputations
To receive any deputations notified under Standing Order 12.
Minutes
None.
5
Chairman's Announcements
To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.
Minutes
The Health and Wellbeing Board were informed that, the Hampshire Place Assembly, would provide the Board with an opportunity to join partners to focus on Systems Working for Healthy Weight and Nutrition.
6
Integrated Neighbourhoods and Communities - An Emerging Approach for Hampshire
To receive a report of the Director of Public Health.
Attachments:
- Document Integrated Neighbourhoods and Communities - An Emerging Approach for Hampshire DMS 03 Dec 2025
Minutes
The Chairman invited Simon Bryant the Director of Public Health, Clare Whalley, Director for Partnerships – Hampshire and Lucy Dennis, Public Health, to make their presentation on Integrated Neighbourhoods and Communities – An Emerging Approach for Hampshire. The National expectations of the HWB (lead on the initiative, agree the geographical footprint and to define outcomes for each neighbourhood) were explained.
The Board heard details of the officers’ roles and the work undertaken in defining neighbourhoods, taking into account the pending Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). Planned outcomes aimed to ensure that district boundaries accurately reflected future location and access of services. Information was shared to illustrate current patient locations in proximity to their registration. Work would continue to map against service locations to determine future neighbourhood geographies which would make sense to the users. The high-level methodology, with assumptions were clearly laid out with acknowledgment from the Board that this work should be agreed by the required deadline of April 2026.
In terms of governance, existing forums would be relied upon to influence the final plan. Suggestions included a Hampshire Neighbourhood and Communities Working Group and would include a Health and Care Working Group. The Board to receive a service update at the next meeting.
With access to learning across the boundaries, the Board encouraged officers to continue collaboration with colleagues across Hampshire and Isle of Wight; Southampton and IOW agreed to synchronise any future offer. Board Members also suggested a top-down approach, blended with any bottom-up insights officers agreed that a dual approach, whole-county structure plus neighbourhood-level intelligence would be a sensible way forward.
Points of access and maximising engagement were discussed, noting that the use of community assets would differ by location and alternative venues to the generic library option were explored. These included multi-agency drop-in sites, health stations and the Portsmouth health desk which tended to evolve into natural hubs. This would assist with the notorious hard to reach residents who do not engage with formal services. Board Members shared their intelligence and experiences of working with hard-to-reach groups and agreed to work with officers to find a resolution to maximise engagement. Non-physical hubs involving “what matters to me” conversations were also featured in the debate.
The overlap between deprivation and crime were noted with the Office of the Police and Crime Commission (OPCC) confirmation that they were working on establishing clearer pathways and would include the trauma-informed approaches and early years whilst referencing the benefits and outcomes of the existing work on first 1,001 days.
Officers outlined future engagement which would include events and workshops to combine all relevant partners to define what neighbourhood working means locally. Data would be interrogated and matched against the resident voice; to reflect both the data and the resident conversation, a blended approach would support future behavioural change.
The Chairman noted that delivery hubs were more about people and not buildings, there were concerns around any future staffing challenges and it was noted that some residents choose not to engage with services opting to attend A&E as an alternative. These levels could see a reduction with some improved engagement strategies.
The Health and Wellbeing Board RESOLVED to support the approach and methodology for agreeing the neighbourhood geographies.
The Board heard details of the officers’ roles and the work undertaken in defining neighbourhoods, taking into account the pending Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). Planned outcomes aimed to ensure that district boundaries accurately reflected future location and access of services. Information was shared to illustrate current patient locations in proximity to their registration. Work would continue to map against service locations to determine future neighbourhood geographies which would make sense to the users. The high-level methodology, with assumptions were clearly laid out with acknowledgment from the Board that this work should be agreed by the required deadline of April 2026.
In terms of governance, existing forums would be relied upon to influence the final plan. Suggestions included a Hampshire Neighbourhood and Communities Working Group and would include a Health and Care Working Group. The Board to receive a service update at the next meeting.
With access to learning across the boundaries, the Board encouraged officers to continue collaboration with colleagues across Hampshire and Isle of Wight; Southampton and IOW agreed to synchronise any future offer. Board Members also suggested a top-down approach, blended with any bottom-up insights officers agreed that a dual approach, whole-county structure plus neighbourhood-level intelligence would be a sensible way forward.
Points of access and maximising engagement were discussed, noting that the use of community assets would differ by location and alternative venues to the generic library option were explored. These included multi-agency drop-in sites, health stations and the Portsmouth health desk which tended to evolve into natural hubs. This would assist with the notorious hard to reach residents who do not engage with formal services. Board Members shared their intelligence and experiences of working with hard-to-reach groups and agreed to work with officers to find a resolution to maximise engagement. Non-physical hubs involving “what matters to me” conversations were also featured in the debate.
The overlap between deprivation and crime were noted with the Office of the Police and Crime Commission (OPCC) confirmation that they were working on establishing clearer pathways and would include the trauma-informed approaches and early years whilst referencing the benefits and outcomes of the existing work on first 1,001 days.
Officers outlined future engagement which would include events and workshops to combine all relevant partners to define what neighbourhood working means locally. Data would be interrogated and matched against the resident voice; to reflect both the data and the resident conversation, a blended approach would support future behavioural change.
The Chairman noted that delivery hubs were more about people and not buildings, there were concerns around any future staffing challenges and it was noted that some residents choose not to engage with services opting to attend A&E as an alternative. These levels could see a reduction with some improved engagement strategies.
The Health and Wellbeing Board RESOLVED to support the approach and methodology for agreeing the neighbourhood geographies.
7
Health and Wellbeing Board Climate Change and Health
To receive a report of the Director of Public Health to provide an update on the progress of partnership action on climate change priorities which impact the health of the Hampshire population.
Attachments:
- Document 2025-12-11 HHWB Climate change and health 03 Dec 2025
- Document 2025 12 11 HWBB Climate Change and Health presentation 03 Dec 2025
Minutes
The Chairman invited Helen Cruickshank, Public Health Consultant, Sian Davies Public Health Consultant and Jason Ralphs Senior Public Health Practitioner to present the “Health and Wellbeing Board – Climate Change and Health” report.
Officers were pleased to report on significant activity which had taken place during the past year and that climate change had been recognised as a significant threat to health and wellbeing, impacting on fundamental needs such as clean air, water and safe shelter. The recognised adverse effects included, heat stress, cardiovascular disease, allergies and poor air quality, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.
The Climate Assembly had influenced the updated action plan and progress made across priority areas were discussed:
- Leadership: strengthened senior engagement and visibility,
- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), climate considerations embedded into public health evidence.
- Training: delivery of training to officers, including health visitors.
- District and Borough Collaboration: increased joint working, champions across services are supporting climate action and resident adaptation, including measures to cope with heat.
- Work on healthy streets, transport and active travel:
- Promoting sustainable travel, behaviour change and normalising cycling and walking.
- Public engagement needed to bring climate impacts to life to achieve public buy in, being achieved through the integration and reflection of human stories into policy.
- Engagement with schools through bus improvements and active travel initiatives. This includes the bike bus initiative launched in Winchester, encouraging families to cycle to school, contributing to wider health and wellbeing.
When supporting air quality improvements officers informed the Board of the following:
- Events and awareness activities had been undertaken.
- Air Quality Strategy development and improved data gathering could be evidenced.
- The New Forest Air Quality Strategy had been shared with partners.
Priorities for 2026 would include key themes which had seen a continuation from those of 2025, leadership, transport and active travel and air quality. Examples of protecting staff and service users during periods of extreme heat were given. Officers informed the Board of the emerging impacts on school attendance in terms of heat with an expectation of an increase in the coming year.
The Board considered and agreed that there had been a need for a system-wide change and promised partnership advocacy to assist with the development of a movement and place framework, incorporating mapping to identify place-based priorities; in addition to champion co-benefits of climate action and identify further opportunities within individual organisations.
Discussions around micro populations and public spaces explored adapting public spaces, e.g., pavement dining etc, to support changing micro?populations with an emphasis on the development of forward?looking local plans with strong strategic framing. This would be aligned with ongoing contributions from partners including Southampton University.
Healthy streets and planning concerns were raised in terms of high housing targets. The Board agreed that healthy street considerations should be embedded into the principles of planning policy and how best to work with local planning authorities to achieve this. The role of the districts and boroughs were discussed to ensure future environmental and health standards were a consideration during the development stage.
The Chairman commented on the growing challenges of embedding climate change actions.
The Health and Wellbeing Board RESOLVED to:
1. Note the progress made over the last year against the climate change and health priority areas of leadership, active travel and air quality.
2. Provide leadership for action across these priority areas within their organisations and partnerships in line with the HWB’s Climate Change and Health Action Plan.
Officers were pleased to report on significant activity which had taken place during the past year and that climate change had been recognised as a significant threat to health and wellbeing, impacting on fundamental needs such as clean air, water and safe shelter. The recognised adverse effects included, heat stress, cardiovascular disease, allergies and poor air quality, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.
The Climate Assembly had influenced the updated action plan and progress made across priority areas were discussed:
- Leadership: strengthened senior engagement and visibility,
- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), climate considerations embedded into public health evidence.
- Training: delivery of training to officers, including health visitors.
- District and Borough Collaboration: increased joint working, champions across services are supporting climate action and resident adaptation, including measures to cope with heat.
- Work on healthy streets, transport and active travel:
- Promoting sustainable travel, behaviour change and normalising cycling and walking.
- Public engagement needed to bring climate impacts to life to achieve public buy in, being achieved through the integration and reflection of human stories into policy.
- Engagement with schools through bus improvements and active travel initiatives. This includes the bike bus initiative launched in Winchester, encouraging families to cycle to school, contributing to wider health and wellbeing.
When supporting air quality improvements officers informed the Board of the following:
- Events and awareness activities had been undertaken.
- Air Quality Strategy development and improved data gathering could be evidenced.
- The New Forest Air Quality Strategy had been shared with partners.
Priorities for 2026 would include key themes which had seen a continuation from those of 2025, leadership, transport and active travel and air quality. Examples of protecting staff and service users during periods of extreme heat were given. Officers informed the Board of the emerging impacts on school attendance in terms of heat with an expectation of an increase in the coming year.
The Board considered and agreed that there had been a need for a system-wide change and promised partnership advocacy to assist with the development of a movement and place framework, incorporating mapping to identify place-based priorities; in addition to champion co-benefits of climate action and identify further opportunities within individual organisations.
Discussions around micro populations and public spaces explored adapting public spaces, e.g., pavement dining etc, to support changing micro?populations with an emphasis on the development of forward?looking local plans with strong strategic framing. This would be aligned with ongoing contributions from partners including Southampton University.
Healthy streets and planning concerns were raised in terms of high housing targets. The Board agreed that healthy street considerations should be embedded into the principles of planning policy and how best to work with local planning authorities to achieve this. The role of the districts and boroughs were discussed to ensure future environmental and health standards were a consideration during the development stage.
The Chairman commented on the growing challenges of embedding climate change actions.
The Health and Wellbeing Board RESOLVED to:
1. Note the progress made over the last year against the climate change and health priority areas of leadership, active travel and air quality.
2. Provide leadership for action across these priority areas within their organisations and partnerships in line with the HWB’s Climate Change and Health Action Plan.
8
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Update
To receive a report from the Director of Public Health.
Attachments:
- Document JSNA Update 03 Dec 2025
- Document JSNA Presentation 03 Dec 2025
Minutes
The Chairman welcomed Marie-Claire Lobo and Jenny Bowers, Public Health Consultants and received an introduction from Simon Bryant, Director of Public Health providing the Board with an updated Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) confirming that the document that would underpin all aspects of the Hampshire populations health and wellbeing.
The JSNA would seek to prioritise actions with an emphasis on the building blocks of health informed by engagement data. There was recognition of the importance of a strong, accessible website and better interaction between data and published reports with officers agreeing to take away as an action the exploration of the inclusion of additional datasets. As previously stated, the review of climate change and the impacts on health related to temperature and associated risks was further discussed. The report had outlined the population demographics (who and where they are), had included the focus on children and young people, and the factors influencing them and was mindful of modes of travel and health inequalities.
During the transfer of public health responsibilities from Hampshire to the Isle of Wight, the team gave support, hosted engagement sessions and feedback workshops, the outcome of which would assist the IOW in production of updates and their future progress reports.
The next 12 months would see a focus on continually updating the JSNA and would include any national and local guidance as this emerged. Effective use of the JSNA would build a strong narrative in terms of local population need.
Data insights included recognition that IT could be interrogated to inform data on an area?by?area basis and would be useful to highlight preventable and treatable mortality as an example, with local and national comparison data being easily identified.
The Chairman expressed concern about the low profile of the JSNA, noting that it should be central to decision?making. It was noted that some GP practices were using data from the JSNA but may be unaware of the document by name. Officers agreed that raising awareness and improving messaging would be reviewed; it was further suggested that the use of insights from the #BeeWell survey as already recognised by children and young people, could then be linked into the JSNA. The use of storytelling to bring the JSNA to life was noted as was engaging with recognised forum like the Youth MPs etc.
In terms of local training and support the offer of a JSNA demonstration session to practices was tabled and officers confirmed that this could be arranged.
RESOLVED that the Hampshire Health and Wellbeing Board considered the update and supported the proposed work programme.
The JSNA would seek to prioritise actions with an emphasis on the building blocks of health informed by engagement data. There was recognition of the importance of a strong, accessible website and better interaction between data and published reports with officers agreeing to take away as an action the exploration of the inclusion of additional datasets. As previously stated, the review of climate change and the impacts on health related to temperature and associated risks was further discussed. The report had outlined the population demographics (who and where they are), had included the focus on children and young people, and the factors influencing them and was mindful of modes of travel and health inequalities.
During the transfer of public health responsibilities from Hampshire to the Isle of Wight, the team gave support, hosted engagement sessions and feedback workshops, the outcome of which would assist the IOW in production of updates and their future progress reports.
The next 12 months would see a focus on continually updating the JSNA and would include any national and local guidance as this emerged. Effective use of the JSNA would build a strong narrative in terms of local population need.
Data insights included recognition that IT could be interrogated to inform data on an area?by?area basis and would be useful to highlight preventable and treatable mortality as an example, with local and national comparison data being easily identified.
The Chairman expressed concern about the low profile of the JSNA, noting that it should be central to decision?making. It was noted that some GP practices were using data from the JSNA but may be unaware of the document by name. Officers agreed that raising awareness and improving messaging would be reviewed; it was further suggested that the use of insights from the #BeeWell survey as already recognised by children and young people, could then be linked into the JSNA. The use of storytelling to bring the JSNA to life was noted as was engaging with recognised forum like the Youth MPs etc.
In terms of local training and support the offer of a JSNA demonstration session to practices was tabled and officers confirmed that this could be arranged.
RESOLVED that the Hampshire Health and Wellbeing Board considered the update and supported the proposed work programme.
9
Get Hampshire Working Action Plan Progress Report
To receive a report of the Director of Public Health.
Attachments:
- Document Get Hampshire Working Plan 03 Dec 2025
- Document Get Hampshire Working Action Plan Progress Report 03 Dec 2025
Minutes
The Health and Wellbeing Board welcomed Jamie Mackay, Strategic Skills Lead to present his overview of the Get Hampshire Working Plan. Key drivers and causes of economic inactivity were shared. In conjunction with the JSNA, both would be utilised to support the Get Hampshire Working Plan. Working with the local integrated care board (ICB) to increase labour market participation and examples of the governance structure were outlined.
Eligibility and support were discussed, specifically support to the 18+ group was detailed, recognition of the importance of supporting the existing group of individuals who are already trying to access help elsewhere. Many young people (e.g., care leavers, homeless individuals etc) required a higher level of support at an earlier stage before considering employment. Agreement was shared across the board that organisations should gain a better understanding of the barriers preventing people from entering the work economy.
The Board recognised the importance of implementing the action plan thorough continued collaboration and support of the district/borough links, seeking their assistance to promote the message and enhance connections in local areas.
To more clearly understand barriers and address them, health and skills integration was thought to be a key component to success, with a focus on linking health, work and skills to provide a more joined up system. Making use of intelligence across all organisations to understand vulnerable groups and shape future planning. Actively targeting young people using existing links like local colleges etc. Identifying and gaining a clear understanding of the challenges and longstanding issues to working, e.g. transport barriers and anxiety, the reluctance to use public transport which would result in limited access to employment opportunities in certain areas.
The Hampshire Health and Wellbeing Board RESLOVED to:
Note the updates on progress made on the Get Hampshire Working Plan and
Explore how members might like to support delivery of the Plan
Eligibility and support were discussed, specifically support to the 18+ group was detailed, recognition of the importance of supporting the existing group of individuals who are already trying to access help elsewhere. Many young people (e.g., care leavers, homeless individuals etc) required a higher level of support at an earlier stage before considering employment. Agreement was shared across the board that organisations should gain a better understanding of the barriers preventing people from entering the work economy.
The Board recognised the importance of implementing the action plan thorough continued collaboration and support of the district/borough links, seeking their assistance to promote the message and enhance connections in local areas.
To more clearly understand barriers and address them, health and skills integration was thought to be a key component to success, with a focus on linking health, work and skills to provide a more joined up system. Making use of intelligence across all organisations to understand vulnerable groups and shape future planning. Actively targeting young people using existing links like local colleges etc. Identifying and gaining a clear understanding of the challenges and longstanding issues to working, e.g. transport barriers and anxiety, the reluctance to use public transport which would result in limited access to employment opportunities in certain areas.
The Hampshire Health and Wellbeing Board RESLOVED to:
Note the updates on progress made on the Get Hampshire Working Plan and
Explore how members might like to support delivery of the Plan
10
Health and Wellbeing Board Forward Plan.
The Health and Wellbeing Board are asked to note the Forward Plan and
any suggestions for inclusion.
any suggestions for inclusion.
Attachments:
- Document Health and Wellbeing Board Forward Plan 2025 2026 03 Dec 2025
Minutes
The Board reviewed the Forward Plan and agreed to include an update report “Integrated Neighbourhoods and Communities – An Emerging Approach for Hampshire” at the next meeting.
The Health and Wellbeing Board RESOLVED to note the Forward Plan and
suggestions for inclusion.
The Health and Wellbeing Board RESOLVED to note the Forward Plan and
suggestions for inclusion.
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