Section 116A Health and social care: joint local health and wellbeing strategiesF1F10C1C2

This section applies where a responsible local authority and each of its partner integrated care boards receive an integrated care strategy under section 116ZB(7)(b).

The responsible local authority and each of its partner integrated care boards must prepare a strategy (“a joint local health and wellbeing strategy”) setting out how the assessed needs in relation to the responsible local authority’s area are to be met by the exercise of functions of—

But the responsible local authority and its partner integrated care boards need not prepare a new joint local health and wellbeing strategy if, having considered the integrated care strategy, they consider that the existing joint local health and wellbeing strategy is sufficient.

In preparing a strategy under this section, the responsible local authority and each of its partner F3integrated care boards must, in particular, consider the extent to which the F4assessed needs could be met more effectively by the making of arrangements under section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (rather than in any other way).

In preparing a strategy under this section, the responsible local authority and each of its partner F5integrated care boards must have regard to—

In preparing a strategy under this section, the responsible local authority and each of its partner F7integrated care boards must—

The responsible local authority must publish each strategy prepared by it under this section.

The responsible local authority and each of its partner F8integrated care boards may include in the strategy a statement of their views on how arrangements for the provision of health-related services in the area of the local authority could be more closely integrated with arrangements for the provision of health services and social care services in that area.

In this section and section 116B—