The charter, launched in April by Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) and the Children's Trust Tadworth, gives boards seven targets to meet in the first year that are key to ensuring the health and care needs of disabled children and young people are a local priority.
The seven key charter commitments include engaging with local disabled children and their carers and embedding participation in their work; setting strategic outcomes for health and care providers; and promoting early intervention and smooth transition between children's and adult services. Boards will need to provide evidence on how they have met these commitments.
The 10 (out of 152) HWBs that have already signed up are: Durham, Halton, Kent, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Merton, North East Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rochdale and Warrington. In addition, three local children's boards in Buckinghamshire, which report to the HWB, have adopted the charter.
Established in April as part of the government's controversial health reforms, HWBs are council-led forums made up of senior managers from local health and care sector bodies that work collectively to improve the health and wellbeing of their local population and reduce health inequalities.
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