Calderdale Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

1. Calderdale Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Paula Holden & Pete Phillips

2. Children and Young Peoples Services (Calderdale MBC) Head of Commissioning and Partnership Services Policy and Planning Officer Health and Social Care (Calderdale MBC) Director of Health and Social Care Information Analyst – Performance Information The Core Project Team • Public Health (NHS Calderdale) • Deputy Director of Public Health • Information Analyst – Public Health • Head of Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Services • Head of Older Peoples Services • Information Analyst – Chief Executives Office • Representative from the community forum

3. Project Timescales Scope of project and timescales agreed. Meeting of information analysts to discuss available data and lists of available data produced Apr May Table of key data by locality produced and presented at Senior Management workshop and feedback gained Jun First draft of JSNA produced Jul Aug Dialogue Plan Developed Sept Final draft of JSNA dialogue document produced Oct Consultation/dialogue with stakeholders and Public Nov Dec Analysis of responses to dialogue process and gathering new data Final JSNA document produced Jan Feb Mar

4. Consultation and InvolvementWhy consult? • Address concerns of managers and other stakeholders rather than being driven by the data available • To raise awareness • Widen sense of ownership • To demonstrate that it’s part of an ongoing process not simply a report • To test its usefulness and areas for future development

5. Consultation and InvolvementThe Process • Half day workshop in June to publicise project to senior managers in the Council and to gain feedback • Feedback questionnaire was produced and circulated with dialogue document • Dialogue document also available on web • Opportunity for open comment to dedicated email address

6. Consultation and Involvement Some of the groups consulted • Area Forums • GALYIC • Brunswick Centre –Sexual Health • Calderdale Community Forum • Halifax & District Irish Society • Mental Health Partnership Board • Learning Disabilities Partnership Board • Children and Young Peoples Theme Group • Joint CYPP/HSC Scrutiny • Safer/Stronger Theme Group

7. Consultation and Involvement The Outcome • Identified lots of gaps • Identified areas that needed more emphasis • Some were able to be addressed and were added to the document • Others have been deferred to be addressed later

8. SWOT Analysis – JSNA Process • Opportunities • Commissioners more aware of available data • Impetus towards joint information systems Strengths • Developed jointly • Dialogue process • Threats • Not used due to competing pressure • Lack of ownership by other stakeholders • Weaknesses • No project manager • Could have been more commissioning representation on project team

9. Gaps in Data • Lifestyle and behavioural factors that relate to health • Physical and Sensory Disabilities • Mental health – Lack of robust local data • Prevalence of chronic conditions such as multiple sclerosis • More detailed analysis of residents concerns/priorities/aspirations • Linkage of health issues with crime e.g. impact of alcohol • Gay and lesbian issues

10. Areas for support from PHO/IC • Lifestyle survey • Adults and children and young people • Standard questions across region/England to allow comparisons • Develop best practice guidance • Promoting culture of data use • Interpret and apply findings of JSNA • Practical examples

11. Further Work • Data Warehouse/Observatory • Web based system holding key data at sub district level • Initial meeting arranged for Mid April • Resource implications • Lifestyles Survey • Huge gap in information • In house FORMIC questionnaires service • Response rates could be problem • Comparison data?