Partnership Boards
As your independent champion, we co-facilitate five Partnership Boards across Cornwall to drive systematic changes and improvements in Health and Social Care services.
Our work with Partnership Boards
Healthwatch Cornwall facilitates five Partnership Boards:
- Carers
- Learning Disability
- Autism
- Ageing Well
- Mental Health
The Partnership Boards meet quarterly and are attended by individuals with lived experience, their carers as well as experts and service providers .
Representatives from NHS Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Plymouth Trust, Cornwall Council and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector with direct expertise relevant to each Board are also members.
Meetings are both proactive in encouraging lived experience members to raise issues of importance to them and responsive to current issues. Involving people with lived experience in the co-production of local strategies and commissioning plans for health and social care services is a key role of the Partnership Boards.
Date and venues of future Partnership Boards can be found here
Changes are being coordinated by our Partnership Boards team:
- CEO / Executive Director - Debbie Gilbert
- Partnership Board Officer - Robert O'Leary
- Partnership Board Administrator - Jay Thompson
Agendas and minutes from each previous Partnership Board meeting are available and accessed from our news and events pages, should you require documents from earlier meetings please email using the following link.
The partnership boards are quarterly meetings attended by service users and unpaid carers who are ‘experts by experience’ in these areas.
Representatives from Cornwall Council, NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and voluntary sector staff with direct experience relevant to each board are also members.
Autism Partnership Board
An opportunity for autistic people, their families, and carers to work with professionals to help improve support and services in Cornwall.
Carers Partnership Board
The Board was set up in response to the National Carer Strategy to ensure carers are able to access the support and services they need to remain in their caring role.
Learning Disability Partnership Board
An opportunity for people with a learning disability, their families, and carers to work with professionals to improve the lives of people living with a learning disability in Cornwall.
Ageing Well Partnership Board
Bringing together older people, their representatives, the public, voluntary and community sectors to work to ensure the highest quality and best value services for older people in Cornwall.
Mental Health Partnership Board
A collaborative group that brings together individuals with lived experience, service providers, and stakeholders to improve mental health support and services across Cornwall.
Interested in getting involved?
Please note attendance at the Partnership Boards is by invitation only. If you are interested in being part of the Boards or would like to submit a question or comment, get in touch.