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Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

A Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is the means by which Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and local authorities will describe the future health, care and well-being needs of local populations and the strategic direction of service delivery to meet those needs. JSNAs form the basis of a new duty to co-operate for PCTs and local authorities that is contained in the current Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill.

What is a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment?

A Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is a ‘means by which PCTs and local authorities will describe the future of health and wellbeing needs of local populations and the strategic direction of service delivery to meet these needs’ (Commissioning for Health and Wellbeing 2007). It is aimed commissioners and will allow them to commission services and interventions that are based on need and will in turn achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes and reduce inequalities.

By providing analysis of data to show the health and wellbeing status of local communities, defining where inequalities exist and using local knowledge alongside evidence of effectiveness of interventions, the JSNA will inform more effective commissioning for health and wellbeing in both the short and long term.

Nottingham City JSNA