Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

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Title of driver: Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

Source: Department of Health

Link to main document

Publication format: PDF

Date of publication: December 2007

Summary of driver: The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 requires PCTs and local authorities to produce a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) of the health and wellbeing of their local community. . It describes the stages of the process, including stakeholder involvement, engaging with communities and recommendations on timing and linking with other strategic plans. It also contains guidance on using JSNA to inform local commissioning, publishing and feedback. The duty commenced on April 1st 2008

Key features of driver:

  • Understanding the current and future health and wellbeing needs of the population, both long and short term informing Local Area Agreements and strategic planning.
  • Commissioning services and interventions that will achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes and reduce inequalities.
  • A continuous process
  • Unique to locality
  • Process underpinned by partnership working, community engagement, and evidence of effectiveness

Primary audience: Local Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Commissioners

Impact on library policy/practice: Libraries can support decision making process providing access to evidence base.

Case studies / Local service profile examples mapping to this driver: ‘None currently’

Date last updated: 22nd June 2011

Due for review: 22nd June 2012

Group member responsible: Michael Cook

Public Health England structure

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Title of driver: Public Health England structure: factsheet

Source: Department of Health

Link to main document

Publication format: PDF from website

Date of publication: July 2012

Summary of driver: The structure of Public Health England will change in April 2013; this factsheet shows how the organisation will be restructured to protect and improve helath and well-being and tackle helath inequalities.

Key features of driver: This factsheet shows the proposed structure for 2013 and will provide the basis of the transition. The document outlines how the following parts of Public Health England will be organised:

  • The structure of the leadership team and its governance processes (page 2)
  • The leadership team will lead 8 directorates: health protection; health improvement and population health;knowledge and intelligence; operations; strategy; programmes; finance and corporate services; human resources
  • Detail regarding the structure, staffing and remit for each directorate is discussed.
  • Public Health England will operate through four regions and 15 centres (Page 14)

The following principles will underpin the new Public Health England:

  • People are safely and securely transferred into the new agency
  • Disruption to existing services is minimised and service continuity is maintained
  • Communication will be regular and frequent

Primary audience: Local authorities, Public Health Departments & Workforce,  All NHS Trusts,

Impact on library policy/practice: Libraries based within public health, or serving public health England will be affected in that they will potentially be delivering services to new audiences e.g. local authorities.

Case studies / Local service profile examples mapping to this driver: None as of 31.1.2013

Date last updated: 31.1.2013

Due for review: 1.12.2013

Group member responsible: Not yet identified

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