4) Timeline for Devon Health and Wellbeing Board

Based on the requirements of Neighbourhood Health Plans outlined in section 2 above, the following table sets a broad timeline, aligned to Devon Health and Wellbeing Board meeting dates, when relevant actions will be undertaken.

5) Principles

The following guiding principles are recommended to guide the development of the Neighbourhood Health Plan for Devon:

• Wider Partnership and Prevention Focus: rather than being an NHS-specific plan, neighbourhood health plans should set out how the NHS, local authorities and wider community partners can work together to improve the health of the population. As such they should focus on the shift from treatment to prevention, reducing health inequalities, and partnership work on the building blocks of health such as transport, housing, skills and regeneration. Establishing mechanisms for the Health and Wellbeing Board to engage with wider community partners and involve them in the co-design of neighbourhood health will be vital
• Multi-Levelled: Neighbourhood health objectives may be defined by or be specific to different geographic 'levels' across the wider system. Certain priorities and outcome measures and high priority groups (such as those experiencing frailty, end of life, or specific long-term conditions), will be defined nationally. More locally, priorities may also emerge at ICB, place (locality or local authority) or neighbourhood levels, consistent with local priorities, populations and need. Finally within the 30-50,000 'neighbourhoods' used for neighbourhood health plannings, health inequalities will exist between communities and population groups, requiring the identification of priority areas and groups within the broader neighbourhood. For neighbourhood health plans to work effectively they will need to be consistent work at these multiple levels