About us
About Us
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is a process that helps us understand what people in Derbyshire need to be healthy and well. It looks at things like how people feel, the choices they make, where they live, and the challenges they face. By knowing all this, we can make better plans and decisions to support everyone’s health and happiness.
What makes this joint?
This assessment is a joint initiative between the Integrated Care Board for Derby and Derbyshire, Derbyshire County Council, Derbyshire local authorities, healthcare providers, and community and voluntary organisations. This collaboration ensures a well-rounded view of health and social needs, enabling strategic, community-focused responses.
Why is it strategic?
The Derbyshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment provides a strategic perspective on the health and wellbeing needs across the county, identifying key disparities and priority areas. This approach helps to direct resources strategically to areas with the most significant needs, focusing on community health improvements.
What is the need?
The aim of this assessment is to identify and understand the specific health and care needs of all community sectors in Derbyshire. By pinpointing where current provisions fall short and highlighting the strengths within the community, we can tailor strategies that significantly improve health and wellbeing outcomes.
Why an assessment?
A comprehensive methodology is employed, merging quantitative data with community insights to evaluate the present and future health and social needs of Derbyshire’s population. The assessment gathers information from a variety of sources in order to give robust evidence and insights into the various topics.
The Derbyshire Population Health Approach
In Derbyshire our goal is to work together to ensure everyone in Derbyshire lives well and thrives. To support this goal, we adopt a Population Health Approach.
The Derbyshire Population Health Approach focuses on prevention, population health, evidence-informed practices, causes, and collaboration. It emphasises proactive measures to prevent health issues, tailors’ interventions to specific populations, incorporates evidence-informed practices, addresses underlying causes, and promotes collaboration for effective action.
