The health and health care needs of the local population are assessed through a systematic process.
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The Centre has developed an interactive wheel to depict the commissioning cyle. Click on the appropriate section to access a range of resources provided to support this aspect of strategic planning.
Local authorities and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have equal and joint duties to prepare JSNAs and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (JHWSs), through the health and wellbeing board. to improve the health and wellbeing of the local community and reduce inequalities for all ages. It is a continuous process of strategic assessment and planning.
The Association of Public Health Organisations JSNA Resource Pack and datasets. Published 2010.
The Health Care Needs Assessment (HCNA) series is a set of detailed reviews across a range of population-specific subjects areas, combining epidemiological and evidence-based research information and data.
QResearch is a large consolidated database derived from the anonymised health records of over 12 million patients from over 600 UK practices. The data has been used to create risk calculators for diabetes, fractices and heart disease.
WARM is a new tool to help local areas think clearly about their priorities and needs. It has been developed to make the most of existing data about localities, combining familiar statistics on such things as jobs and health with new ways of thinking about how happy and resilient communities are.
The largest longitudinal study of trends in consultations undertaken in primary care and part of an ongoing series of analyses using the QResearch® database.
Fingertips includes indicators across a range of health and wellbeing themes that has been designed to support JSNA and commissioning to improve health and wellbeing, and reduce inequalities. Currently includes Public Health Outcomes Framework, Longer Lives (Premature mortality), National General Practice Profiles, National Child Measurement Programme Local Authority profiles, Children and Young People’s Health Benchmarking Tool, Local Tobacco Control Profiles.
An online tool that presents data on populations in England, has been updated with new indicators and an improved interface.