In April 2013, health and wellbeing boards became fully-fledged statutory bodies. Their introduction has been widely welcomed across local government, health and health-related organisations. There are high expectations that they will better coordinate health and care services and drive improvements to raise local health outcomes.
This report is based on outputs from learning sets, national summits and bespoke leadership support that formed part of the National Learning Network; a summary report on support delivered through the NHS Leadership Academy’s health and wellbeing board leadership development programme; and the report from a webinar for Local Government Association facilitators providing leadership support for health and wellbeing boards. It aims to give all those involved in leading and supporting the work of health and wellbeing boards an insight into the opportunities and challenges ahead.