Issue - items at meetings - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Summary

Report of Head of Public Intelligence, Consultant in Public Health and Head of Performance and Analysis (copy attached).

6.1       The Board considered a report of the Head of Public Health Intelligence, the Consultant in Public Health and the Head of Performance & Analysis which explained that from April 2013, local authorities and clinical commissioning groups would have equal and explicit obligations to prepare a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.  The duty would be discharged by the Health and Wellbeing Board.

6.2       Members were informed how the JSNA process provided a greater understanding of the current and future health and wellbeing needs of local residents to inform the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and strategies of the Clinical Commissioning Group & Brighton & Hove City Council.  It also presented the highest impact health and wellbeing issues for the city identified in the 2012 JSNA summary.

6.3       Members received a presentation from the Head of Analysis and Performance, and the Consultant in Public Health.  

6.4       Robert Brown asked how the LINk and patients participation groups would be involved in the development of future JSNAs, and how they could feed into the consultation.  He also asked how local neighbourhoods would feed back into the system. 

6.5       The Consultant in Public Health explained that the LINk were members of the City Needs Assessment Group which had an overarching operational role. The Group would report to the three statutory directors up until April 2013.  After that date the accountability of the group would transfer to the Health and Wellbeing Board.   There would be a specific question in the consultation to ask how different partners and stakeholders such as neighbourhoods wanted to be involved in the ongoing development of the JSNA.

6.6       Geraldine Hoban explained that Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) would have a critical role to play in setting an agenda for the JSNA and commenting on the outcomes.  There had already been some engagement with the PPGs.  

6.7       Councillor Shanks asked about the cost impact which was an important determinant.  The Consultant in Public Health explained that the summary did include financial data, but it was recognised that this aspect should be further developed in the future.

6.8       Dr Tom Scanlon was pleased to see a broad JSNA with a local basis for commissioning across the city.  He asked if there had been any thought as to how the consultation would be carried out.  

6.9       The Consultant in Public Health explained that officers would be using the consultation portal.  This would link to a wide mailing group.  There had been discussions on how to reach a wider group and videos and You Tube could be used to reach community groups.  There would be paper based and internet based consultation.

6.10    Terry Parkin stated that he expected that there would be consensus on the first two recommendations.  The third recommendation was worthy of more consideration.  It stated that the focus would be on high impact issues.  This could have a big impact on the health of the city and colleagues required the authority to have that focus.

6.11    The Consultant in Public Health explained that it was proposed that the Shadow Health & Wellbeing Board would focus on high impact areas, however all issues needed to be tackled.  The Head of Analysis and Performance stated that the JSNA summary had been the product of a broad process of engaging people.  It was a live process and there would be constant opportunities to engage.

6.12    RESOLVED – (1) That the draft JSNA Summary be supported and go out to Public Consultation (the final version to be brought to the Board for consideration in September 2012).

(2)       That it is noted that from April 2013, the Board will become responsible for the JSNA.

(3)       That high impact health and wellbeing issues identified within the JSNA be noted and used to inform the development of the Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy.