Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to provide members of the BCP Health and Wellbeing Board with an overview of the activity delivered to date to increase ‘organisational health literacy’ across BCP and Dorset. 

It seeks to confirm health literacy as a system priority and requests nominations for a co-design workshop to develop a proposal for scaling up ‘organisational health literacy’ across BCP and Dorset.

The Public Health Consultant presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'E' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

The purpose of the report was to provide members of the BCP Health and Wellbeing Board with an overview of the activity delivered to date to increase ‘organisational health literacy’ across BCP and Dorset. 

It asked the Board to confirm health literacy as a system priority and requests nominations for a co-design workshop to develop a proposal for scaling up ‘organisational health literacy’ across BCP and Dorset.

The Board discussed the report, including:

·      The Director of Adult Social Care highlighted the need for co-production and where this could be really targeted and mentioned the Learning Disability Partnership Board as a good forum for that work to take place.

·       A concern was raised about jargon and acronyms; with the need for plain language in communications to increase accessibility and understanding for all.

·     A Board Member requested the work with health literacy be linked with existing campaigns such as ‘Language that Cares’, which was recently launched within Children’s Services.

·     The links between health literacy, digital exclusion, and prevention strategies were noted and the need to embed principles across the transformation work was highlighted.

·     The importance of consistency in terminology and engagement with education and community partners was acknowledged.

The Chair confirmed that any interested leads should contact the Public Health Consultant to progress.

RESOLVED that BCP Health and Wellbeing Board:

·       Confirm health literacy as a system priority. 

·       Nominate leads to participate in a workshop to co-design a proposal for a BCP and Dorset wide approach to scaling up ‘organisational health literacy’ for the Neighbourhood Health Programme Board to consider, or an alternative decision-making body.

Voting: Nem. Con.