Derbyshire's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

The Derbyshire JSNA has four main elements:

What people tell us

Local people convey their opinions and needs through a range of channels like formal consultations, complaints, bespoke surveys, patient surveys and advocates. Many of these are routinely gathered.

You can use our online feedback form to send us your comments.

Health and wellbeing data

The Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust (PCT), Tameside and Glossop PCT, GP practices and the Department of Health and the Office for National Statistics amongst others, routinely capture data about the wellbeing needs of the people they serve. For example, the age profile of the Derbyshire population and data about health conditions that predominantly affect Derbyshire people.

Although the JSNA is a national initiative, it is very much about uncovering the issues that adversely affect the health and wellbeing of Derbyshire people.

The acid test of the success of our JSNA, is the impact it has on the way that services are subsequently commissioned and provided.

Our JSNA is designed to be the driver for making improvements to the lives of Derbyshire people by addressing the priority issues that it identifies. The resulting actions should be part of Derbyshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy and the Local Area Agreement (LAA).

You may also be interested in reading information on our website about the Local Area Agreement (LAA), Derbyshire’s Sustainable Community Strategy, the Children's and Young People's Plan and the Health of Derbyshire (opens in a new window).