Commentary on Sections Part 5 – Public involvement and local government Health and Wellbeing Boards: functions Section 196 – Other functions of Health and Wellbeing Boards
1200.This section makes provision about the functions of Health and Wellbeing Boards.
1201.Subsection (1) requires the functions of CCGs and local authorities of preparing joint strategic needs assessments and joint health and wellbeing strategies to be discharged by a Health and Wellbeing Board.
1202.Subsection (2) enables the local authority to delegate any functions exercisable by it to the Health and Wellbeing Board it established. This could, where appropriate, potentially extend to functions relating to wider determinants of health, such as housing, that affect the health and wellbeing of the population.
1203.Subsection (3) enables a Health and Wellbeing Board to inform the local authority of its views on whether the authority is discharging its duty to have regard to the joint strategic needs assessment and joint health and wellbeing strategy in discharging functions.
1204.Subsection (4) prevents the local authority from delegating its scrutiny function (under section 244 of the NHS Act) to the Health and Wellbeing Board.