What’s new?
The JSNA website provides a core offering of pages that are maintained throughout the year. Outside of the core offer, there is a rolling programme of in-depth topic analyses, shown below.
| Core | In-depth topics | |
|---|---|---|
| Recent | Upcoming | |
|
Resident population Oct '24 |
Alcohol Mar '25 |
Domestic Abuse |
What is the JSNA?
The Wakefield Joint Strategic Needs Assessment is a source of information about the health and wellbeing needs and characteristics of the Wakefield District population, including services and initiative that support this. It is developed and maintained by the Public Health Intelligence team in collaboration with health, social care and other partners.
The JSNA:
- Characterises the health and wellbeing status of the local population
- Identifies inequalities
- Illustrates trends
- Describes local communities
- Highlights key findings
What can the JSNA be used for?
The information in the JSNA can have a wide range of uses, including, to help make service commissioning decisions; to support funding bids; and for research and education. The JSNA is for anyone with an interest in the health and wellbeing of the population – professionals, elected representatives and members of the public.
The JSNA Annual Reports are a good starting point for people new to the JSNA, as is the 10 key health challenges for Wakefield District page.
The Public Health Intelligence Team and Corporate Intelligence Team frequently update this site, so please regularly check back in to stay up to date. If you have any questions, please contact the Public Health Intelligence team at phi@wakefield.gov.uk.
Governance
Wakefield’s Health and Wellbeing Board provide strategic leadership for the JSNA process. The board should delegate strategic and operational functions to different groups, each with clear roles and responsibilities, whilst retaining overall executive control of the process. Wakefield has a JSNA stakeholder steering group, who meet on a quarterly basis to discuss ongoing developments and progress. Each year the steering group decides the priority topics to be developed for that year, which are then created by the Public Health Intelligence Team in partnership with other teams across the health and care system. The steering group has members from partners across the system, including the Local Authority, the NHS, Healthwatch Wakefield and Nova Wakefield District.