Issue - meetings

The Board resolved to:-

(i) Note the content of the report contained in appendix A, including the contribution of the Fund towards achieving the principles of the Christie

Commission1 and Community Empowerment Act

(ii) Instruct the Chief Officer to bring an annual report relating to the Health Improvement Fund to the IJB in April 2020 and annually thereafter, and

(iii) Instruct the Chief Officer to further develop the HIF core and Neighbourhood Health: HIF to be directed through localities with the ambition to allocate funds through Participatory Budgeting in the future.

The Board had before it the report presented by Katie Cunningham and Anna Gale on the Health Improvement Fund. The Board heard the history of the fund which was annually recurring admnstered through the ACHSCP.

Since its inception, the HIF has been subject to ongoing review and refinement which concluded the fund and the processes adopted are meeting the funding principles and contributing to an increased preventative spend.

The Board commented that the report identified use of available funding which was possible to align with the IJB strategy and the LOIP. Opportunities were identified to encourage wider sharing of the learning with council colleagues.

The Board resolved to:-

(i) Note the content of the report contained in appendix A, including the contribution of the Fund towards achieving the principles of the Christie

Commission1 and Community Empowerment Act

(ii) Instruct the Chief Officer to bring an annual report relating to the Health Improvement Fund to the IJB in April 2020 and annually thereafter, and

(iii) Instruct the Chief Officer to further develop the HIF core and Neighbourhood Health: HIF to be directed through localities with the ambition to allocate funds through Participatory Budgeting in the future.