Agenda item - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Update

Report of the interim Director of Public Health (copy attached).

50 JOINT STRATEGIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT UPDATE

50.1 This item was presented by Kate Gilchrist, head of Public Health Intelligence, and was accompanied by Louise Knight, Needs Assessment Programme lead.

50.2 The board approved the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), and this paper gives an update on progress to note and approve.

50.3 Kate Gilchrist stated that, In the first year, a key focus has been on the move from the JSNA website to the council website and ensuring products meet accessibility standards and moving to a new framework around healthy lives, healthy places, and healthy people. This is working alongside mapping and guidance.

50.4 Kate Gilchrist stated that in years 2 and 3, there’s a key focus on promotion and communication of JSNA resources. A further focus is around continuing to work collaboratively with East and West Sussex on shared Sussex priorities around needs assessment.

50.5 Section 2.1 includes a summary and appendix 2 of the paper along with other papers listed. Appendix 1 lists all the papers and memberships with the board asked to approve the program.

50.6 Councillor Miller appreciated the work and said it is well detailed. Councillor Miller raised a question on how the JSNA steering group is structured. It was asked if it would be sensible to have members from the Transport, Open Spaces, and Culture teams so that general quality of life could be looked at. Kate Gilchrist answered, stating that membership has already been widened out to Housing and to Sustainability. They further stated they would be happy to pick up outside of the meeting the possibility of widening further.

50.7 Councillor Burden agreed with Councillor Millers comments and stated that the commercial determinants of health would be a welcome addition to this work and that young people are especially at risk from these factors, both positively and negatively. Kate Gilchrist responded stating that evidence is available on the JSNA website, including some area profiles which may be of use. The Public Health Annual report has information and pulls together some of this evidence around commercial determinants.

50.8 Tanya Brown-Griffith (Director for Joint Commissioning and Integrated Community Teams at NHS Sussex) asked when Special Education needs and Stability and Neurodiversity sections will be published. Kate Gilchrist responded stating that the stage one for this is in progress presently. Stage two exists to assess if any qualitative work is needed. Once stage one is complete, timelines around stage two can be given once it is assessed if it needs to happen.

50.9 Stephen Lightfoot (Chair of NHS Sussex) asked whether oral health can be added to the forward plan, pertaining to children in particular. Second, they asked how well joined up is the commissioning processes with the needs that were set out. Kate Gilchrist responded stating that they were happy to take the discussion around Oral Health to the City Needs Assessment Steering group and that there is a wealth of information that can be evidenced from the report.

50.10 Tanya Brown-Griffith Stated that they hoped that data would be fed into the JSNA framework from the population outcomes framework which then goes to the commissioning group based on current data sets and subsequently feeds in, allowing for strategic planning around population needs based on current data sets. Caroline Vass (Consultant in Public Health, Brighton and Hove City Council) stated that priorities were given to areas best informed.

50.11 Councillor Miller asked if it would be possible to look at the difference between on and off-licence premises and if there is a difference in harms, particularly with children. Kate Gilchrist responded stating that there is some evidence around this and will get back to Councillor Miller on the figures.

50.12 Tom Lambert (Chief Executive of the Carers Centre) asked a question on the methodology in engaging the voluntary and community sector in the development of the JSNA. Kate Gilchrist responded stating that engagement is conducted in several ways and further groups (including voluntary and community) were used when looking at the wider community. On the groups steering individual projects, there tends to be significant presence and input from voluntary and community groups.

50.13 RESOLVED – that the report be noted and approved.