1. The Health and Wellbeing Board for Luton is established to oversee the health improvement of those who live and work in Luton.

2. The Health and Wellbeing Board will achieve this by negotiating and establishing outcomes and monitoring the performance of health and social care agencies and partnerships in delivering them. It will guide and support continuous improvement within local service.

3.The Health and Wellbeing Board will develop an approach to health and wellbeing improvement in Luton that addresses health and inequalities and social exclusion by overseeing the development and implementation of an inter-agency Inequalities Strategy.

4. The Health and Wellbeing Board will ensure that health and social care improvement in Luton is developed within the context of good practice and clinical governance.

5. The Health and Wellbeing Board will have oversight of specified Partnership Boards within the Borough, acting as a check and balance to strategic planning initiatives proposed. These partnerships are The Supporting People Commissioning Body; the Luton SPLD Partnership Group and once established, the Partnership body for mental health service commissioning. A close connection with the Luton Drug and Alcohol Partnership (LDAP) will also be maintained.

6. The Health and Wellbeing Board will propose Local Area Agreement (LAA) health and wellbeing objectives and account to the LUTON FORUM for delivering them.