The commission was incorporated as a company on 8 October limited by guarantee and registered as a Bailiwick charity.
It comprises public, private and third sector organisations and is responsible for implementing elements of some public health strategies.
A service level agreement has been signed with HSC setting out how the two will work together.
‘I am delighted that these positive steps enable the commission to work jointly with the States to deliver two important health improvement strategies,’ said commission chairman Stuart Falla.
The Healthy Weight Strategy was approved by the States in early 2016 and led HSC to investigate creating an independent body which would bring together the three sectors to oversee its delivery.
‘The commission will initially take on responsibility for the delivery of key parts of the Healthy Weight Strategy and the Drug and Alcohol Strategy,’ said HSC president Deputy Heidi Soulsby.
‘The existing funds allocated to these strategies have been transferred to the commission, along with an additional £250,000 per annum of matched funding for 2019, dependent on what the commission is able to raise.’
It is intended that the commission will bring independent organisations under its umbrella and will be able to raise part of its funding from non-government sources -– in the same way as the Youth and Sports Commissions.
Mr Falla added: ‘We hope that, over time, the commission will be in a position to support most of the health promotion aspects of other States-approved public health strategies.’
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