Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) are local assessments of current and future health and social care needs. The aim of the JSNA is to improve the health and wellbeing of the local community and reduce inequalities for all ages through ensuring commissioned services reflect need. It is used to help to determine what actions local authorities, the NHS and other partners need to take to meet health and social care needs and to address the wider determinants that impact on health and wellbeing. The evidence within the JSNA is used to inform the priorities within the Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Nottinghamshire.

Nottinghamshire County’s JSNA contains 46 chapters each considering a particular health and social care issue or the health and social care needs of specific groups. The full JSNA and related documents and data can be accessed at www.nottinghamshireinsight.org.uk. It is only possible to present a brief overview of this information in this Evidence Summary and so it should be used in conjunction with the full JSNA. All supporting data and information for this evidence summary including references can be found in individual chapters or other reports (hyperlinks included). Where possible, the latest available data has been presented in this evidence summary and therefore this may differ from the data presented in the original JSNA chapter.

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