The Director of Public Health introduced a report which provided the Board an update on the work to develop a Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Wirral and an update on the activity of the working group established to produce the local Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

It was reported that the Working Group had met on 7 March 2022 and considered the priorities and recommendations identified in the Public Health Annual Report 2021 and the interim Marmot Communities report, and then developed early recommendations which were detailed within the report. The Board was informed of the consultation and engagement that had taken place with the wider population and specific interest groups as part of the work which would be circulated to members following the meeting.

The Board welcomed the level of co-production in developing a Health and Wellbeing Strategy and the impact it was hoped it would have in breaking the cycle of inequality.

Resolved – That the continued development of Wirral’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy, based on the recommendations of the Public Health Annual Report 2021, be noted and supported.