Hull’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

What is a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)?

A JSNA is the means by which Hull PCT and the Hull City Council will find out about and describe the current and future health, care and well-being needs of the people of Hull.

What is a needs assessment?

A needs assessment is a systematic way of gathering information about the current and future needs of a particular population. The assessment will usually look at health needs, care needs and well-being needs.

A needs assessment is used to inform the planning of services and to decide how resources should be shared between services. This is so that the needs can be addressed and health inequalities in the population can be reduced.

Who carries out the JSNA?

The JSNA is carried out jointly by the PCT and Hull City Council. It is the joint responsibility of the Director of Public Health, Director of Children’s Services and the Director of Adult Social Services.

How is JSNA different from needs assessments you have done before?

The JSNA is the most comprehensive assessment of the needs of the people of Hull that has ever been carried out. It looks at the needs of the people of Hull over both the short and longer-term.

It gives us the opportunity to review and build on all the needs assessment work that has already been done and will help to develop and join up health and social care services.

Why are we doing a JSNA?

The JSNA will take account of what Hull people want from their local services by asking local people and service providers, who are close to their communities, to supply information to the JSNA through the consultation process which we launched on 25 September 2008.

What is on this website?

This site provides you with information on Hull's JSNA. The links below will take you to:

• A set of powerpoint slides which summarises the findings and priorities identified through the JSNA
• A summary of the JSNA
• A Compendium of the datasets which have been collated to inform the JSNA priorities
• Links to the Department of Health Website and the websites of Hull City Council and Hull PCT

What will you do with the JSNA?

The JSNA will be used to inform the way in which services are organised and delivered in Hull to meet the needs of the people.

 

What is different about the Hull JSNA?

We are working towards a situation where the knowledge about health in Hull are not a static and heavy document which sits on office shelves and is not used.   The JSNA is regularly updated and is a living and interactive web based resource for all the people of Hull, the Voluntary Sector, The Council, all the NHS Organisations and trusts, the Police and Fire Service.

The links on the left of this page lead to a massive range of information.  If you would like help in accessing this please contact us.