Issue - meetings

Chrissy Wright to present

Chrissy Wright, Strategic Commissioning Manager, reported that the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) was last reviewed and revised in 2011 and a further refresh now required.  In accordance with Government Guidance, the refreshed document must now include a Directory of Assets which meant community assets, physical infrastructure and individuals.

The report set out the proposed structure of the refreshed document as follows:-

Section 1

-          Overarching cross-cutting areas

Demographics

Health conditions

Lifestyle and population behaviours

Wider determinants of health

Communities of interest

National Policy drivers

-          Life Stages (as set out in the Health and Wellbeing Strategy)

0-3 starting well

4-19 developing well

20-64 living and working well

65+ ageing and dying well

-          Assets

Physical infrastructure e.g. buildings, green spaces

Social and community networks e.g. VCS

Individuals e.g. Neighbourhood Champions

Section 2

-          Directory of Needs Analysis

Many analyses undertaken by statutory organisations but no repository for all the documents.  It would be a resource which all agencies should be mandated to contribute to, a resource that could be accessed by all agencies, enabled an information and data gap analysis and reduced duplication.  The Directory would be accessed from the Council home page

Section 3

-          Frequency of JSNA

It would be constantly updated.  It was proposed that 2013 would be the last full refresh, subject to future Government guidance, with a 6 monthly update submitted to the Board on any additions/variations to the data

Discussion ensued on the document with the following comments/issues raised:-

·           A micro site to be set up where all the information could be collated

·           “Final” refresh gave the impression that it was never to be refreshed when this was not the case.  It would be continually updated

·           A point in time e.g. September for agencies to base their forthcoming commissioning plans

·           The voice of the child was fundamental to the document

·           Need to get the media involved

Resolved:-  (1)  That the proposals set out in the report for the refresh of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment be approved.

(2)  That the document be amended to reflect the comments made with regard to the word “final”.

(3)  That further reports be submitted on a six monthly basis.