What is a Partnership Board?
Partnership Boards meet four times a year, and are attended by individuals with lived experience, and their carers. There are different Partnership Boards for different groups of people.
The current Partnership Boards are:
- Carers
- Learning Disability
- Autism
- Ageing Well
- Mental Health
As well as people with lived experience, there are professionals, experts, and service providers. These include 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
- Organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector with relevant expertise
Meetings are for people with lived experience to raise issues of importance to them, and to respond to current issues. A key role of the Partnership Boards is also involving people with lived experience in co-production. This is designing local strategies and commissioning plans for health and social care services.
Healthwatch Cornwall support the following Partnership Boards:
Ageing Well Partnership Board
The Older Persons’ Partnership Board brings together:
- older people
- their representatives
- the public, voluntary and community sectors
Their aim is to ensure the highest quality and best value services for older people in Cornwall.
Anybody who is over the age of 50, or who supports older people, are welcome to come to the meetings. Current and previous attendees of the board are particularly encouraged to come along and get involved.
Meetings
The Board aims to meet four times a year. You can find the meeting papers on the Healthwatch Cornwall website.
Autism Partnership Board
The aims of the Autism Partnership Board are:
- to help develop better support
- to build a better and brighter future for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Cornwall
The Partnership Board is an opportunity for people to work together to improve the lives of thoses people in Cornwall. This includes:
- self-advocates
- family carers
- people who work with people with autism spectrum disorders
Meetings take place four times a year.
These include representatives from Cornwall Council and organisations working with autism in Cornwall.
Meetings
You can find meeting papers on the Healthwatch Cornwall website.
Cornwall People First
Cornwall People First provides support to the Cornwall Autism Partnership by facilitating forums across Cornwall. There is more information on the Cornwall People First website.
Carers Partnership Board
The Carers Partnership Board was set up in response to national strategies to:
- make sure carers can access the support and services they need
- help carers stay in their caring role for as long as they wish
The purpose of the Board is to:
- monitor the Cornwall Carers' Strategy
- discuss and address issues of common concern to carers in Cornwall
- raise awareness and improve understanding of the role carers play in supporting other people
- share ideas, strengthen skills and share examples of good practice in developing support and services
Meetings
You can find meeting papers on the Healthwatch Cornwall website.
Carers and others interested in the work of the Board are welcome to come to the meetings as observers. Observers can ask questions of the Board through a Carers Partnership Board member or their local Carers Forums. Places are limited, so please contact us to book your place well before the meeting.
Learning Disability Partnership Board
It is essential to us that all adults with a learning disability have access to the services that enable them to live healthy and meaningful lives.
The Board allows self-advocates, families and carers to work with professionals in the interest of wider LD community. It raises the voices of people with lived experience, so that expert knowledge is used to develop and improve services.
Meetings
You can find meeting papers on the Healthwatch Cornwall website.
Mental Health Partnership Board
This is a new Board, started in September 2024, to fill a gap identified.
It will create an opportunity for those with enduring mental health conditions to:
- have their say
- be able to influence the challenging landscape of Mental Health provision in Cornwall over the next few years
Meetings
You can find meeting papers on the Healthwatch Cornwall website.