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Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. . What is JSNA?.
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Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
What is JSNA? • A statutory responsibility shared between the Director of Public Health, Director of Children’s Services and Director of Adult Services – we have to do JSNA (but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it!) • A process, not just a product, that assesses the health and wellbeing needs of an area or community • The evidence base for prioritisation and commissioning decisions across the local authority and NHS • A key intelligence source to underpin the decisions of the new Health and Wellbeing Board, and to inform the Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Why do we need JSNA? • To strike the right balance between facts and figures, and local views about what should be done, by: • helping local leadership decide on priorities in a joined-up, effective and efficient way • providing a coherent single needs assessment for all services and the opportunity to maximise the impact of investment across the city • developing a stronger relationship with local communities who can help shape the balance of services
Where does it fit? What’s the approach? • JSNA will drive the new joint health and wellbeing strategy and commissioning priorities through the Health and Wellbeing Board • The operational lead for the JSNA will be the Director of Policy, Partnerships and Research (SCC) • The intention is for the JSNA to be a shared way of working, with products published on the Sheffield First website • It will be overseen by a Programme Management Group, who will be: • Quality assuring ‘products’ • Responsible for website • Responsible for communications • Engaging a wide range of partners – sign up and contribution • Coordinating capacity across Public Health, CYP, DCEX and Communities
What have we done so far? • April 2008 focused on geographical inequalities and key joint health and social care commissioning priorities/groups • October 2008 was published jointly with the Director of Public Health Report. It extended the original to incorporate additional health needs assessments (e.g. diabetes, stroke, tobacco control). • Feb 2010 contained a wealth of information on Sheffield’s communities based on geography, ethnicity, age, gender, household, and other communities of interest. It lays the foundations for further more detailed needs assessments where necessary and is locally and nationally recognised as a sound working document. • Autumn 2011 will see the launch of the Sheffield's JSNA online. It is no longer about a static document, but an indispensable, up to date intelligence resource to drive commissioning, which will be available on the Sheffield First website.
What are the current issues? • Effective engagement and input of the wide range of stakeholders • Ensuring that the JSNA drives the commissioning cycle rather than responding to it • Appropriate balance between voice and harder evidence • Communication and dissemination • Links with other needs assessments e.g. JSIA, Child Poverty Needs Assessment etc.
Questions…What has been your experience of the JSNA? What’s worked? What hasn’t?How can we engage and gain from the expertise of the VCS most effectively?How can the JSNA meet the needs of the VCS (and what are those needs?)?
