Decision details

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment is the outline document written with Health and Wellbeing partners to provide information about the services that benefit the health and wellbeing of residents in Barking and Dagenham.

The report will present the JSNA and the priorities for commissioning based on the JSNA.

The Board:

(i)  Considered the implications of the findings of the JSNA in the development of strategies of partnership organisations and commented accordingly;

(ii)  Supported the commissioning of services by Partner organisations that align with the JSNA findings and the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS);

(iii)  Assessed the impact of the JSNA on the Delivery Plan of the JHWS by March 2017; and

(iv)  Agreed that in-line with statutory requirements, the Public Health Department should lead an update and refresh of the JSNA in 2017 to inform commissioning in 2017/18.