The Health and Wellbeing Board forms part of the delivery mechanism for the County Durham Vision 2035, with a remit to deliver the following vision objectives and also work with other partnerships on shared priorities and cross-cutting issues.
Along with its subgroups, it takes the lead on delivering the following Vision objectives:
- improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people
- help children and families maintain their optimum mental health and wellbeing
- high quality nursery and primary education
- Support to expectant mothers and parents of newborn babies and their children
- High quality support to families and children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
- preparation for adulthood and independence for children and young people with SEND
- protect and support children and young people in need (including vulnerable children, children looked after, care leavers, young people who have offended and young victims of crime)
- support services to vulnerable children will be improved
- create a smoke-free county
- tackle the stigma and discrimination relating to poor mental health
- build more resilient communities and promote positive mental health
- better integration of health and social care services
- develop care options specifically to meet the needs of older and disabled people
- develop communities to suit the needs of an older population