SUBJECT: Well-being
Plan development - Response Analysis update
Report written and submitted by: GSWAG sub-group
Author: Heather Delonnette – Policy Officer, Caerphilly
CBC
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Areas
Affected |
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Gwent
– all local areas |
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Purpose
of Report |
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To
update the Gwent PSB on the response analysis work undertaken in support of
the development of a Gwent Well-being Plan. |
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For
the PSB to agree that the areas covered in the attached response analysis
reports are the right areas of focus for the outline Well-being Objectives
and should be taken forward in the development of cross-cutting steps for
delivery in the Gwent Well-being Plan.
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Background |
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The
PSB is required to undertake a Well-being Assessment to inform the
development of a Well-being Plan, setting out its Well-being Objectives and
the steps it intends to take to meet those objectives. The timeline for
developing the Gwent Well-being Assessment has been appended to this report.
(Appendix 1) |
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The
Well-being Assessment was agreed by the PSB in December 2021 and published in
April 2022. |
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The Assessment considered around 120, often
interconnecting, issues affecting well-being in Gwent. It also highlighted that
inequalities and deprivation exist across the region, and how this is having
a disproportionately detrimental impact on some of our communities. Since the
completion of the Assessment, the war in Ukraine and the subsequent cost of
living crisis has exacerbated this further in our most disadvantaged neighbourhoods in
particular. |
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At the development day in February 2022 the PSB
proposed four cross-cutting themes to be considered in more detail as part of
the response analysis phase of developing the Plan. These were: ·
Environment/Climate/Nature
Emergency ·
Determinants of Health
Inequality ·
Community Cohesion ·
Economy &
Infrastructure |
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3.5 |
In March, the PSB further refined these themes as
follows and identified lead officers for each: ·
Community Cohesion (including
Community Safety and Substance Misuse) – Pam Kelly (Gwent Police)/Jeff
Cuthbert (OPCC)/Steve Tiley (GAVO) ·
Environment (Climate and Nature
emergencies) – Steve Morgan (NRW) ·
Health and Well-being/Inequalities
– Sarah Aitken (PHW)/Howard Toplis, particularly re: housing (Tai Calon) |
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In the period since these themes were agreed, the
cost of living crisis has emerged as a serious issue for our communities, and
therefore the PSB may want to reflect this in its choice of outline Well-being
Objectives. |
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The Well-being Plan
is required to be a plan for the long-term. However, it, and the Well-being Objectives
and the steps to meet those, will need to be flexible enough to incorporate
changes in circumstances as they arise throughout the lifetime of the Plan –
example scenarios would be the Covid-19 pandemic and the impacts of the war
in Ukraine. The WFGA requires public bodies to balance short-term
needs with the well-being needs of future generations, especially where responding
to short-term challenges may have a detrimental long- term effect. |
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The
statutory guidance for the development of a local Well-being Plan[i]
states that there are two main elements of a local Well-being Plan: a)
The local
objectives; and b)
The steps the Board proposes to take to meet the
objectives |
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The
statutory guidance states that ‘In line with the sustainable development
principle the local objectives should seek to adopt an integrated approach to
delivering against the Well-being Goals…One objective could deliver against
multiple goals’. |
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The
statutory guidance also states that ‘The Board must take all reasonable
steps to meet the local objectives they have set, to deliver on
collectively.’ |
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Development
of the outline Well-being Objectives |
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4.1 |
The
response analyses work provides a detailed summary of the issues, drivers and
possible interventions around each of the three cross-cutting themes
(Appendix 2). This work has informed proposals for a number of potential outline
Well-being Objectives that the PSB could decide to adopt for the Well-being
Plan. |
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Environment theme outline
objectives: Protect and enhance Gwent’s natural
environment to maximise the well-being benefits that nature provides to
current and future generations by: 1. Reducing the environmental impact of
production and consumption so that progress is made towards establishing and
sustaining a regenerative local economy which contributes to national and
global sustainability 2. Declaring a nature emergency in Gwent and
using this to drive the enhancement of Gwent’s natural areas and address the
root causes of biodiversity loss 3. In response to the climate emergency,
focusing on the protection of communities from environmental risks associated
with climate change |
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Community cohesion
outline objective: Provide the energy and leadership between the
public, private and third sectors, with the people of Gwent, to develop
healthy, safe and vibrant places to live, work and visit. |
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Health
inequalities outline objectives: 1. Embed the Marmot
principles in order to tackle health inequalities in the region. 2. To embed
addressing the thermal efficiency of the homes in Gwent as a key determinant
in reducing health inequalities in Gwent. (The Marmot principles can be found at the
end of this report.) |
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It
is clear that all these proposed outline objectives impact on, and are
impacted by, each other, just as the national Well-being Goals are
interconnected. Therefore, the PSB may want to consider refining the proposed
outline objectives to make them more holistic, outcome focused, cross-cutting
and integrated. |
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The
statutory guidance makes it clear that when choosing objectives: · These should reflect
where the Board has decided that collective action can be taken that will
have a positive impact on the state of well-being in the area. · The intention … is
not that: • Public bodies or PSBs set Well-being
Objectives that are the easiest for them to meet; •
Public bodies or PSBs “retrofit” their existing Well-being
Objectives to meet the requirements of the Act. · The selected Well-being
Objectives must also maximise the PSBs contribution to the national Well-being
Goals. |
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When
considering which Well-being Objectives to choose, the PSB should also
consider: · Where it can add
most value and make the most difference. · Delivery of the Well-being
Objectives should be within the sphere of PSB members and should do more
than support existing projects or initiatives. · The resources
partners are able to contribute to deliver the anticipated outcomes. |
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Work
on the agreed outline Well-being Objectives (what difference do we want to
make) and reasonable steps to meet them (how will we do that), will continue
over the summer, using the advice from the Future Generations Commissioner
and with the engagement of partners and stakeholders. This work will inform
the drafting of the consultation version of the Well-being Plan for
consideration at the PSB meeting at the end of September 2022. |
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Funding |
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5.1 |
2022/23 Welsh
Government has confirmed funding to support the development of the local
Well-being Plan of £92,529. This will used to provide additional staff capacity in
Caerphilly CBC and a post in Torfaen CBC, to assist with ongoing engagement,
evaluation and monitoring. |
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Recommendations to the PSB |
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6.1 |
The
PSB agrees that the areas covered in the attached response analysis reports
are the right areas of focus for the outline Well-being Objectives and should
be taken forward in the development of cross-cutting steps for delivery in
the Gwent Well-being Plan. |
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That
the outline Well-being Objectives should be cross-cutting in nature, rather
than being restricted or siloed to the areas identified for the response
analysis phase of work. The outline
Well-being Objectives should also focus on activity where the PSB can add
most value and make the most difference to well-being, having considered
activity that is already happening and its impact, and adding value rather
than duplicating effort. |
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That
the suggested outline objectives contained within the response analysis
reports are revisited in light of 6.1 and 6.2 above and a set of
cross-cutting Well-being Objectives are developed. Some of the current outline objectives are
possible steps or statements of intent rather than objectives, and these need
to revisited so they are more focused on outcomes. |
Draft
date 24/06/2022
APPENDICES
1
– Timeline
2
– Response analyses
a)
Community
cohesion
b)
Environment
c)
Health
inequalities
Marmot
principles:
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Give
every child the best start in life |
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Enable
all children, young people and adults to maximise their capabilities and have
control of their lives |
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Create
fair employment and good work for all |
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Ensure
a healthy standard of living for all |
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Create
and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities |
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Strengthen
the role and impact of ill health prevention |
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Respond
to climate change |
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Address
structural racism |