Agenda item

Jon Hobday, Public Health Consultant will report at the meeting.  Report attached.

Jon Hobday, Public Health Consultant and Helen Smith Public Health and Social Care Intelligence Manager attended the meeting to provide members of the Committee with an update in respect of recent developments with the JSNA.

A JSNA is defined as an assessment of the current and future health and social care needs of the local community.  These are needs that could be met by the local authority, CCGs, or the NHS Commissioning Board.  The JSNA will act as a broader support for all services related to supporting residents around the wider determinants of health such as housing, education, business, planning and employment

The Public Health Consultant reported that the new JSNA will be an online, dynamic and iterative suite of documents. The document will be more up to date and accessible for users and will support policy and strategy makers as well as commissioners in making effective decisions to ensure the best use of resources.

The JSNA is currently still at the soft launch phase, the official launch is scheduled for the 25^th August 2016. Following the official launch the JSNA will be promoted through a number of mechanisms; in addition training on how to effectively use the JSNA will be available for all council staff, members and partner agency staff.

The Public Health and Social Care Intelligence Manager provided members of the Committee with a demonstration of the JSNA site.

The Chair invited questions from those present and the following points were raised:

In response to a member’s question in respect of involvement of Black and Minority ethnic groups in the development of the JSNA, the Public Health Consultant reported that he had meet with representatives from ADAB to discuss how they could share information.  There are further plans to broaden engagement with BME community as the JSNA develops.

With regards to statistical data, the Public Health and Social Care Intelligence Manager reported that comparative data is included on the website; there are a variety of different reporting methods including comparisons with statistical neighbours.

In response to a Member’s question the Public Health Consultant reported that the JSNA will be of most value to commissioners and policy officers and will assist in the shaping and redesigning of services.   There is no statutory guidance as to what a JSNA should or should not include.  In respect of reconfiguration of hospital services, the JSNA may be used to provide data with regards to disease prevalence, life expectancy etc but will not be able to identify what hospitals are required where.

With regards to the availability of health and social care services, the Social Policy Manager reported that the Bury Directory has been developed to provide members of the public with information in respect of services/courses and support available.

The Public Health Consultant reported that a JSNA governance structure has been established with identified leads to ensure that no information will be included on the website that could breach data protections or patient confidentiality.

It was agreed:

The Principal Democratic Services Officer will circulate to Members of the Committee a copy of the link to the JSNA and Bury Directory websites.