Working together for a Healthier Gwent for the right care and support, in the right place, at the right time. Gwent Regional Partnership Board In Wales, there are Partnership Arrangements Regulations that says local councils and health boards must create a Regional Partnership Board (RPB) within their region. RPBs need to make sure effective services, and care and support are in place to best meet the needs of their respective population. The goals of the RPBs are to make sure the partners involved, work effectively together. These boards help plan and work together to make sure that local care and support services are available for people living in the community. Through the Gwent RPB, we can make sure the people in Gwent have the services and support they need. The Gwent RPB covers five Local Authorities including, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport, Monmouthshire and Torfaen. The Gwent RPB has an important job to do:

• We look at what care and support services people in the area tell us they need, this is done through a Population Needs Assessment (PNA)
• We write and share an Area Plan, and use the Area Plan to help improve or create care and support services that people tell us they want.
• We make sure there’s enough money and resources to support these plans and the care and support services we have in Gwent.
• Sometimes, the organisations who are a part of the RPB will pool money together to help deliver care and support services to make sure Gwent has the services and support it needs.

The RPB focuses on helping:

• Older people with care and support needs, long term health conditions and dementia.
• People with learning disabilities.
• Unpaid carers and young carers.
• Services that support children and families.
• Children with extra care and support needs due to disabilities or illness.