The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 requires PCTs and local authorities to produce a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).
The JSNA should fulfil the need identified in Our health, our care, our say for Directors of Public Health, Adult Social Services and Children’s Services to undertake regular strategic needs assessments of the health and wellbeing status of their populations. The JSNA should inform the priorities and targets set by Local Area Agreements and lead to agreed commissioning priorities that will improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities.
Documents:
Guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.pdf
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Paper.pdf
12 August 2008: Contributing to the early development of the JSNA (closes 1st October 2008)
We are inviting early comment from communities, groups and individuals to inform our initial draft of the JSNA. The invitation to contribute to this discussion can be found at the following LINK. Please click HERE for the
suggested contents (topics and headings).