The Slough Health and Wellbeing Board is a statutory partnership. It brings together leaders from the council, health services, and the voluntary and community sector to:
- improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Slough
- reduce health inequalities across the borough.
Health and wellbeing boards are a key part of the local health and care system. They have defined roles and legal duties.
You can read national guidance on health and wellbeing boards on GOV.UK:
Board members
The board is chaired by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Dexter Smith.
It also includes representatives from local government, health organisations and partner agencies:
- Chaired by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Dexter Smith (Cllr)
- Dr Jim O’Donnell – Vice Chair
- Councillor Ishrat Shah – Lead Member for Equalities and Public Health
- Chief Executive, Slough Borough Council - Will Tuckley
- Executive Director of People (Children), Slough Borough Council
- Executive Director of People, Slough Borough Council
- Department for Work and Pensions Representative
- ICB Representative
- Everyone Active Representative
- Executive Director of Public Health and Public Protection, Slough Borough Council
- Slough Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) Representative
- Healthwatch Berkshire East
- Healthwatch representative
- Thames Valley Police – Representative
- Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service – Representative
Meetings
The board meets quarterly and meetings are held in public.
The board provides strategic leadership to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities in Slough.
Strategy and priorities
The Slough Joint Local Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2026–2036 sets out a bold, 10 year ambition to make Slough a healthy place where everyone can flourish.
Developed through extensive engagement with residents, partners, and local organisations, the strategy focuses on tackling long standing health inequalities, strengthening prevention across the life course, and designing services that reflect the needs and diversity of Slough’s communities.
It recognises that too many people in Slough live shorter, less healthy lives — challenges that are preventable with the right collective action.
The strategy focuses on 3 priority areas:
- people at the centre
- prevention, prevention, prevention
- growing our health and wellbeing system with Slough in mind.