Blackburn with Darwen’s health and wellbeing board is meeting at Meeting Room A at the Town Hall at 4pm.
The borough is one of the first in the country to set up a new board as part of government changes to the NHS.
As an “early adopter” of the scheme, Blackburn with Darwen set up a shadow board to begin developing partnerships with the area’s Care Trust Plus, which is set to be abolished under the health reforms, the emerging clinical commissioning consortia, which will replace the primary care trust, and the voluntary sector.
The board’s remit will include agreeing priorities for funding to support social care; work with the GP groups to improve health and oversee arrangements for the transfer of public health to the council.
The meeting takes place until 6pm. There will be an opportunity for people to ask questions.
Documents for the meeting can be found at www.bwd.nhs.uk/board-meetings/health-and-wellbeing-board/
