Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategy

The local authority and Local Health Board (LHB) are jointly responsible in law for the planning of services which promote the health and well-being of the community and they discharge this duty through the preparation and implementation of the HSCWBS. It should provide a co-ordinated response to all the issues that affect people’s health, social care and well-being, including tackling the social determinants of health, such as housing, employment and crime. It should be the primary mechanism for defining the local response to "Health Challenge Wales", but the Community Strategy and the CYPP should also reflect the importance that the wider determinants of health and public health have on the health of the nation.

From October 2009, the restructuring of the NHS will mean fewer LHBs in Wales. However, this will not change the statutory duty for both the local authority and the LHB to co-operate with County Voluntary Councils in the areas they cover and other voluntary groups with an interest in the provision of health and wellbeing services when preparing the HSCWBS. The local plans and strategies (or elements of them) that may have been subsumed into or aligned with the HSCWB Strategy include:

  • Carers’ Strategy

  • Placement Strategy

  • Social Care Plan

  • Learning Disability Strategy

  • Local Air Quality Management Plan

  • Local Housing Strategy

  • Supporting People Operational Plan

  • Local Substance Misuse Action Plan

  • Strategy for Older People

  • Public Library Plan