Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

The JSNA is an ongoing process of pulling together all the information available in order to:

  • Forecast the needs of Derbyshire people over the next five to 15 years.
  • Consider and take account the whole population not just those people receiving services.
  • Support the redesign of services to ensure that demand is met.
  • Provide a framework for planning across services and agencies to deliver more cost effective services.

Derbyshire’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2008-13
Sets out the heath and wellbeing needs of the people who live in Derbyshire and projects those needs over the next three to five years. To find out more you can download the JSNA booklet and executive summary from the related documents section.

The Core Data Set
Allows users direct access to local and national data together with brief analysis of key results and trends within each dataset. This is an effective toolkit that has up to date, relevant data and informed analysis.

Links
Provides further links to external websites for more information together with information on research and good practice.

Feedback
Provides you with an opportunity to feedback your views and information that you may wish us to consider for inclusion within this JSNA.

What does JSNA mean?

“Joint” stands for the fact that it results from work between Derbyshire County Council and the Primary Care Trusts.

“Strategic” refers to the fact that it relates to the situation now, over the next three to five years and also the next five to 10 years.

“Needs assessment” means that it investigates and summarises the health and well-being needs affecting people who live in Derbyshire. Its purpose is to inform those responsible for arranging services, to help people decide what those services should be and how and where they should be delivered.

The National view
The JSNA is a continuous process that will:

  • Identify the current and future health and wellbeing needs of the local population over the short term (three to five years) and over the long term (five to 10 years) to inform the Local Area Agreement (LAA) and the Primary Care Trusts’ (PCTs) strategic plan.

  • Set the commissioning priorities to reduce health inequalities.

  • Be delivered by collaborative partnership working, including engagement with service users and will address evidence of effectiveness, identifying best practice, innovation and research to inform how needs are best met.

For further information on the National JSNA guidance visit the Department of Health (opens in a new window) website.

Related documents

The following documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)

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