Health written question – answered at on 22 November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which individuals and organisations proposed that the provisions of the existing legislation relating to proportionality in sections 15 and 17 and Schedule 1 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 should be disapplied in respect of the composition of health and well-being boards.
The Department engaged broadly with stakeholders to develop the content arid policy proposals for regulations relating to health and wellbeing boards. This included:
input from the Local Government Association (LGA); input from Local Authority Chief Executives; engagement with local areas setting up shadow health and wellbeing boards via regional networks, the National Learning Network for health and wellbeing boards and the Association of Democratic Services Officers; and engagement via an invitation to local areas to provide detailed feedback on the National Learning Network's online forum (which has over 1,000 members involved or interested in the set up of health and wellbeing boards).
The overarching theme of feedback from the engagement exercise was the need for the regulations to provide flexibility and to enable local areas to have the freedom to shape their boards as best fits with local circumstances, through disapplication or modification of specific provisions in current legislation relating to committees of local authorities. This included a very strong view from stakeholders that provisions in relation to political proportionality of health and wellbeing boards should be disapplied.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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