The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires
the Council to establish a Health and Wellbeing Board for its area,
to encourage the improvement and integration of working of Health
and Social Care for North Yorkshire.
Other core functions are:
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To promote integration and partnership across the Council’s
area including promoting joined up commissioning plans across the
NHS Social Care and Public Health
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To support joint commissioning and pooled budgets
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To assess the needs of the population in the Council’s area
and lead the statutory Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and the
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy