What is a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA?)
The JSNA is a continuous process for identifying and publishing needs, along with the implications of those needs for the city of Leeds. The purpose is to inform commissioners and influence priorities and the use of resources as part of the commissioning strategies and plans for Leeds.
The government has raised the profile and importance of the JSNA as part of the NHS reforms set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Responsibility for the JSNA falls under the Leeds Health and Wellbeing Board. This JSNA will directly shape the development of a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Leeds. To help that work the second Leeds JSNA draws together key data and information to provide a picture of the health and wellbeing needs of the people of Leeds. This information is used alongside intelligence about finance, performance and government guidance to determine what it is that is commissioned in the future.
Using the JSNA:
An Executive Summary is available to download at the right handside of this page and this outlines the key existing and future needs and their implications.
The Leeds Observatory contains over 80 detailed reports on specific topics. These are supported by locality profiles, which set out key statistics for areas of Leeds and include area profiles for 108 medium super output areas, 10 area committees and 3 clinical commissioning groups.
Individual needs assessments are also available to download to the right of this page.
The JSNA should be used to gain insight into needs and implications in specific areas, and for particular population groups, localities or conditions. It can inform what we are doing. what we should be doing and what we should be doing differently as a city. In terms of agreeing key issues, the information from the JSNA needs to be considered alongside evidence of effectiveness; economic consequences of intervention; and information on quality, safety, activity and service performance as well as on growth, innovation, and expectations.