To appoint a Cabinet Member as Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

To receive apologies for absence.

To receive any declarations of interests of interest by Members in respect of items on the Agenda.

To note the terms of reference.  To seek the Board’s view on whether to allow named substitutes at Board meetings and whether to agree a standing list of substitutes, and to agree an initial schedule of meeting dates.

This report has been prepared to inform members of the Health and Wellbeing Partnership Board and the new Herefordshire Health and Wellbeing Board regarding progress to date in relation to health improvement and on the development and implementation of local plans for improving the health of the local population.

That the new Health and Wellbeing Board takes account of the work of the Health and Wellbeing Partnership Group as highlighted in the Transition Report.

To review progress to date with the establishment of a Health and Wellbeing Board in Herefordshire.  To explore the key issues to be addressed for the new arrangements and how this links to other health and social care developments and to agree key milestones for the shadow year.