Agenda item - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Review

Report of the Director of Public Health.

RESOLVED: That the Board –

      i.         Approved the proposed recommendations for JSNA development over the next three years (Section 5.1 and Appendix 3).

     ii.         Approved the proposed three year JSNA programme of needs assessments for 2023/24 to 2025/26 (Sections 6.4-6.5 and Appendix 5).

9.1      The Head of Public Health Intelligence introduced the report which summarised the review and set out the proposed recommendations for         the development of the JSNA and the proposed three-year JSNA           programme of needs assessments for 2023/24 to 2025/26.

9.2      Cllr Burden raised points about mental health and neurodiversity and the       lack of cost-of-living data in the report and raised concerns regarding     people falling out-with the reach of services.

9.3      Cllr West raised questions regarding the stakeholder feedback,      levels of participation and a lack of information on the process and      rationale behind the identified priorities and highlighted the importance           of marketing to improve engagement.

9.4      Tom Lambert suggested broadening the scope to 14 years old and          upwards and underpinned the importance of targeting children           transitioning from children to adults services.

9.5      Jessica Sumner recognised the collaborative nature of the work and           how it enabled voices to come through that may not otherwise have been       heard.

9.6      Alistair Hill highlighted the potential of the JSNA as an asset and      valuable resource for the city.

9.7      Annie Callanan recommended that officers reviewed serious adult reviews in terms of transition from child in care, adults living on the streets and drugs and alcohol and highlighted research that had been         undertaken at Dartington Institute which focused on transitions and   chartered the economic cost of children in care.

9.8      RESOLVED: That the Board –

      i.         Approved the proposed recommendations for JSNA development over the next three years (Section 5.1 and Appendix 3).

     ii.         Approved the proposed three-year JSNA programme of needs assessments for 2023/24 to 2025/26 (Sections 6.4-6.5 and Appendix 5).