Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) 2012 - 2016 Update

Jan Walker

27th September 2011

JSNA - A Springboard for Action

• Provides a comprehensive analysis of local current and future needs for adults and children to inform commissioning

• Supports effective decision-making• Ensures efficient use of limited public

resources • Makes sure services deliver public value

by promoting the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities

Policy Context • Statutory duty on upper-tier local

authorities and local NHS since 2007

• Key part of health and social care reform

• Under the Health and Social Care Bill Health and Wellbeing boards will be required to produce a JSNA and a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy that will drive all health and wellbeing strategic commissioning

Elements of the JSNA

• Population data - growth, migration, birth, gender, age, ethnicity

• Social and place - housing environment, employment, educational attainment, benefit uptake, vulnerable groups, crime and disorder and community cohesion

• Lifestyle determinants of health - exercise, smoking, diet, alcohol, drug abuse

Elements of the JSNA

• Epidemiology - mortality, life expectancy, long-term conditions, disease prevalence, immunisation uptake rates

• Service access and utilisation - emergency admissions, vulnerable groups receiving care, screening uptake, transport, children’s centres and welfare rights

• Evidence of effectiveness - good practice, literature reviews, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and quality standards

Elements of the JSNA

• Other local data - Information from the voluntary sector, qualitative sources, service providers, the private sector

• Community perspectives – the views,

expectations, perceptions and experiences of service users and local communities about what contributes to good health.

Progress to Date

• Agreed timescale for production of 2012-2016 JSNA by April 2012

• JSNA Steering Group set up with cross-cutting membership from council Health and voluntary sectors

• Extensive Data collection exercise underway

• Vision for Trafford JSNA developed

Life Course Approach

• Pre-conception & Birth (smoking during pregnancy, birth & fertility rates, Infant mortality, etc)

• Children (Access to Sure Start, Obesity, Educational Attainment, Looked After Children, etc)

• Young People (Sexual Health, Teen Pregnancy, Skills & Employment, Alcohol/Substance Abuse, etc)

• Working Age Adults (Deprivation, Housing, Mental Health, Health Screening, etc)

• Getting Older (Demographics, Fuel Poverty / Winter Deaths, Dementia, Falls, etc)

• Mortality (Life Expectancy, Causes of Death, etc)

Vision for Trafford JSNA

• It will be web based using InfoTraffordinfotrafford.org.uk

• It will present needs at different levels: • Trafford • Ward Profiles • Communities• Vulnerable Groups

Questions