Health Network Event Notes from an event held on Wednesday 28 November 2012 at Brierley Hill Methodist Church 1. Purpose and objectives of the event The purpose of the event was to explore ways that our sector can capture valuable data and play a strategic role in improving health and wellbeing in the borough, with particular reference to the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). The event was facilitated by Lorna Prescott from Dudley CVS. Our objectives were for participants to • develop an understanding of the purpose and content of Dudley’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Dudley’s JSNA synthesis • consider how the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and data drawn in to the JSNA affects decisions and in turn how that affects your groups, organisations, communities and/or service users • learn about the Impact Assessment tool developed by Podnosh and piloted by a nonprofit organisation in Birmingham • discuss the benefits and risks of using the Impact Assessment tool in Dudley, and any new ideas which arise from hearing about it
2. Introductions The 13 participants (see Appendix 1 for participant list) were asked to find someone they didn’t know and find out a little about their role and organisation, and what interested them in this event. When they introduced their partners to the whole group some said that they were going to keep in touch, and Ian Ferguson and Jackie Kelly had already identified something their organisations could work on together.
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