Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

Planning the future of health and wellbeing in Bristol

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) reports on the health and wellbeing needs of the people of Bristol.  It brings detailed information on local health and wellbeing needs together in one place and looks ahead at emerging challenges and projected need in the future.  The JSNA is an ongoing, iterative process, involving Bristol City Council, NHS Bristol, the Local Involvement Network (LINk) and the Voluntary & Community Sector and other partners.

The initial JSNA Baseline report was published as a comprehensive report in October 2008.  This was enhanced by the 2009 Update, including additional pieces of research such as the health needs of adults with learning disabilities, and the addition of the JSNA Instant Atlas, an on-line tool for accessing the JSNA data-sets at local, ward level. The 2010 Update report provided a more strategic overview and commissioning tools to implement the changes required, plus refreshed data and links to further intelligence.

The JSNA 2012 has been developed as a full refresh of the Baseline report, re-modelled to reflect changing needs and new stakeholders, and incorporates 2011 also. Please see the JSNA 2012 Baseline report page.  In April of 2013, we are hoping to launch a new electronic version of the JSNA. This will allow us to provide ongoing updates, better links to other areas of work and enhanced access to the underlying datasets. Watch this space for updates.

What the JSNA is used for:

• To provide a comprehensive picture of the health and wellbeing needs of Bristol (now and in the future).
  
  
• To inform decisions about how we design, commission and deliver services, and also about how the urban environment is planned and managed.
  
  
• To improve and protect health and wellbeing outcomes across the city while reducing health inequalities.
  
  
• To provide partner organisations with information on the changing health and wellbeing needs of Bristol, at a local level, to support better service delivery.
  
  
• To be the evidence base for the emerging Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (due to be developed by the new Health and Wellbeing Board in 2012), identifying the priority health and wellbeing issues for Bristol.

Documents and data

JSNA 2012 Baseline report
A re-structured and updated JSNA Baseline. Including JSNA 2011 data-sets within this. Broken into sections with an overall Strategic Summary (final version published July 2012).

JSNA 2010 Update (pdf, 2.6 MB) (opens new window)
Final update to the 2008 baseline with strategic overview (published May 2011)

JSNA 2010 summary (pdf, 0.6 MB) (opens new window)
Brief overview of the JSNA, plus key issues in 2010 Update (published May 2011)

JSNA 2010 summary - Easy English version (pdf, 163 KB) (opens new window)
Main issues in the 2010 JSNA report - Easy English version for people with learning difficulties (published September 2011)

JSNA Update 2009 (pdf, 5.3 MB) (opens new window)
The update to the baseline report (published August 2009)

The JSNA 2008 baseline report
Published October 2008. Broken into sections with a summary.

Mapping tool for health and wellbeing in Bristol (Instant Atlas)
As part of the JSNA, ward-level data is now available for health and wellbeing indicators on Instant Atlas. This lets you choose what information to show and how the information is displayed.