About One Gloucestershire
Health and Wellbeing Partnership

Our One Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership brings together NHS, social care, public health and other public, voluntary and community sector partners.

Much of what we do is about working with you to develop healthy, active communities for the longer-term and improve the health, wellbeing and care of our citizens at every stage of life.

Working with local people we have now developed our 5-year Integrated Care Strategy for improving health and joining up care in Gloucestershire - now and into the future. You will find this and other plans on the One Gloucestershire ICS publications section.

For enquiries, please contact our One Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership Development Lead, email: glicb.pmo@nhs.net.

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Our vision

Making Gloucestershire the healthiest place to live and work – championing equity in life chances and the best health and care outcomes for all.

We will do this by:

1
Building on the strengths of individuals, carers and local communities to improve resilience
2
Engaging people and communities so they are active participants in their health and wellbeing by listening, collaborating and strengthening our community engagement
3
Increasing our focus on prevention, the wider determinants of health, promoting independence and person-centred care
4
Providing high quality joined up care as close to people’s homes and their communities as possible
5
Valuing and supporting our workforce so they can develop, work flexibly and thrive at work
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Working together, recognising the contribution of all our One Gloucestershire partners, including a thriving voluntary and community sector
7
Reducing disparities in outcomes, experience and access
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Working together to use our resources wisely, obtaining the greatest value for our population

Our strategic priorities

  • Making Gloucestershire a better place for the future - improving the health, wellbeing and care of our citizens - focus on early prevention and the wider impacts on health
  • Transforming what we do - locality integrated working that supports the needs of the local population, achieving equity - reducing unfair and avoidable differences in health, developing our workforce, improving quality and outcomes across the whole person journey and making the most of digital technology to support care
  • Improving health and care services today - improving access to care, reducing waiting times, supporting improvements in urgent and emergency care and improving mental health support.

You can read more about our strategic priorities in our 5 year ICS Strategy here. A summary of the 3 strategic pillars can be found on page 7.

Health and wellbeing priorities

Much of what we do is about working with you to develop healthy, active communities for the longer-term and improve the health, wellbeing and care of our citizens at every stage of life.

We will do this by focusing on key areas including:

  • Early years – supporting the best start in life
  • Adverse childhood experiences
  • Healthy lifestyles
  • Mental wellbeing
  • Physical activity
  • Social isolation and loneliness
  • Housing.

Our committee

The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership is a statutory Committee established by the NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire) and Gloucestershire County Council as equal partners. It is a key component of the governance architecture of Gloucestershire’s Integrated Care System.

The Committee and its development has been informed by The Health and Care Act 2022 and associated national guidance. It brings together NHS, social care, public health and other public, voluntary and community sector partners to address the wider health, social care and public health needs of the population and the wider determinants of population health and wellbeing.

Alongside the Integrated Care Board, its purpose is to deliver the four fundamental purposes of the Integrated Care System as set out by the Department of Health and Social Care:

  • improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
  • tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
  • enhance productivity and value for money
  • help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

The Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Partnership was established by two founding members; the Chair (drawn from the existing Health and Wellbeing Board), and the Chief Executive of NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board.

The founding members appointed the remaining members of the Partnership (full list of members available here), ensuring that they possess between them knowledge, skills and experience in:

  • The determinants of health and wellbeing
  • Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
  • Locality and community engagement and development
  • Strategy and partnership development
  • Programme planning and delivery
  • Measurement, evaluation, and benefits realisation
  • Working with people and communities and public/citizen voice and representation.

When appointing members to the Committee, active consideration is made to promoting diversity across the Partnership’s membership.

The Partnership meet at least six times a year and the typical cycle is bi-monthly meeting. Additional meetings may take place as required. Meetings details and papers are published on the Gloucestershire County Council website.

More details about the Committee, its work and members can be found on the Gloucestershire County Council website.