Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and joint health and wellbeing strategies explained - Commissioning for populations

The purpose of this document* is to support emerging health and wellbeing boards as they engage with the refresh of Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and develop their preparatory joint health and wellbeing strategy.

It also describes what support the Department of Health will provide, including resources that will be available and when and how we will build in learning from early implementer health and wellbeing boards in this.
Service providers, commissioners, district and borough councils and local voluntary and community organisations will all have an important role to play in identifying and acting upon local priorities.

*The document should be read as part of the wider approach to supporting the development and implementation of health and wellbeing boards led by early implementer health and wellbeing boards and the National Learning Network for health and wellbeing boards.

*The statements in the document are subject to the successful passage of the Health and Social Care Bill through Parliament and reflect the current intentions of the Department of Health in relation to the JSNA and joint health and wellbeing strategy following Royal Assent.

Published by the Department of Health, 2011