Issue - meetings

The Board gave consideration to a report of the Executive Director for

Population Health and Commissioning that provided an overview of activities undertaken in 17/18 towards the priorities set out in the Greater Manchester (GM) Population Health Plan.

The report covered:-

·       Work to date to agree allocation of Population Health Transformation Fund monies against a number of strategic business cases and;

·       Progress so far in terms of implementation of a number of early programmes of work as part of the plan.

·       A forward look at future planned activities.

The Population Health Plan set our collective ambition for delivering a radical upgrade in population health; it was focused on five priority themes: The first three (start well, live well, age well) set out our approach to delivering population health consistently at scale across GM and taking the multiple

opportunities across the life course to enhance quality of life. The Plan also set out our ambition to create a unified population health system across the GM economy which was organised to deliver at pace and scale. Our Plan also embraced the concept of asset-based community development and

actively involving our communities as a way of doing business. The Board noted that Oldham was a pilot in many of the areas.

The report detailed the key activities undertaken in 2017/18 and the key achievements. Attention was drawn to the difference the population health plan devolution had made to everyday lives in Greater Manchester.

The Board asked for and received clarification as to how the Combined Authority linked into the other Greater Manchester Boards. They were informed that the Combined Authority had its own responsibilities and linked across Boards through the quarterly assurance meetings.

RESOLVED that the content of the report was noted and the continued implementation of the population health plan was supported.