This Committee is intended to strengthen the Health Board’s focus on strategy and planning. It will incorporate the strategic development element of the SDODC (opens in new tab) which will be disestablished.
The purpose of the Strategy and Planning Committee will be to:
- Provide evidence based (where possible) and timely advice to the Board on the development of the following matters consistent with the Health Board’s overall strategic direction:
- Strategy, strategic frameworks and plans for the delivery of high quality and safe services, consistent with the Board’s overall strategic direction;
- Business cases and service planning proposals;
- The alignment of supporting and enabling strategies, including workforce, capital, estates and digital;
- The implications for service planning arising from strategies and plans developed through the Joint Committees of the Board or other strategic partnerships, collaborations or working arrangements approved by the Board;
- The Health Board’s priorities and plans to improve population health, prevention and wellbeing; and
- The Health Board’s plans to address climate migration and adaption.
2. Provide assurance in respect of the achievement of the Health Board’s strategic aims, objectives and priorities:
- The robustness of the Health Board’s approach, systems and processes for developing strategies and plans, including those developed in partnership;
- Plans and arrangements for the following matters are adequate, effective and robust and achieving intended outcomes:
- Joint committee and partnership planning;
- Engagement and communication; and
- Environmental sustainability.
- The delivery of the Health Board’s Annual Plan/ Integrated Medium Term Plan.
- That partnership governance and partnership working is effective and successful; and
- That those arrangements in place to improve population health, prevention and wellbeing are robust and effective and delivering intended outcomes.
Please click here for the Strategy and Planning Committee Terms of Reference (opens in new tab).
Please click on the meeting date below to view the agenda and papers:
- Strategy and Planning Committee meeting 18 December 2025
- Strategy and Planning Committee meeting 30 October 2025
- Strategy and Planning Committee meeting 28 August 2025
- Strategy and Planning Committee meeting 1 July 2025
- Strategy and Planning Committee meeting 24 April 2025