The Associate Director of Strategy and Collaboration, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside presented this report which provided an update on the contents of the Cheshire and Merseyside Joint Forward Plan (2023-28) outlining the content and priorities for 2023/24. The report updated the Board in relation to the proposed approach to updating the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership Strategy and republishing the Joint Forward Plan (JFP) by March 2024. This report also provided an update on the proposed monitoring of the JFP and associated Annual Delivery Plan.

It was noted that the JFP had been published in July and that there were plans to align the Health and Care Partnership Strategy with All Together Fairer Strategy and develop a delivery plan.

Resolved – That

1.  the Cheshire and Merseyside Joint Forward Plan (2023-28) and the plans to monitor progress be noted.

2.  feedback be noted in relation to the proposals for:

·  Cheshire and Merseyside Interim Draft Health and Care Partnership Strategy to be updated to align with the All Together Fairer recommendations and plans even more closely

·  For the Cheshire and Merseyside Joint Forward Plan to be produced as a system delivery plan focussing on the updated contents of the Health and Care Partnership Strategy with the additional mandated NHS content produced as an appendix to this Joint Forward Plan