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