Compact Voice response to consultation on DH guidance, letter to Jeremy Hunt

Compact Voice has submitted a response to the Department of Health’s draft guidance on developing Health and Wellbeing Board strategies and Joint Strategic Needs Assessments.
 
In it, we state that we are disappointed that the reference to local Compacts has been weakened from an earlier draft of the document published in January, and recommend that further clarification is made about the role of local Compact groups and agreements.
 
We have also included a letter written to Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, which has been signed by Simon Blake, Compact Voice Chair, and includes the support of some of Compact Voice's key board members – including NCVO, Acevo, NAVCA, Equality and Diversity Forum.