The document summarizes a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment conducted in Lincolnshire, England. It finds that the population is growing older and more deprived. Key health priorities identified include promoting healthy lifestyles, improving health for older residents, treating major illnesses, and improving child health and reducing worklessness. Next steps include monitoring progress, aligning assessments, and improving data quality to further support the Health and Wellbeing Board.

1. Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
- Developing shared approaches to improve health and
wellbeing and reduce inequalities
David Stacey
Programme Manager for Public Health
Lincolnshire County Council
http://shared.research-lincs.org.uk/joint-
strategic-needs-assessment.aspx

2. Lincolnshire
• Population is estimated to be 703,000, projected to
rise to 838,200 by 2033. GP registered population
is 732,510.
• Population aged 75 and over projected to double
in size (109%) between 2008 and 2033.
• 12% of Lincolnshire’s population (using IMD 2010)
now live within the 20% most deprived areas of
England compared with 11% in 2007
• Female life expectancy is 82 years and male life
expectancy is 78 years but...gap is 17.7 years for
females and 12.5 years for males
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3. Health and Wellbeing Board
• Shadow committee of the council
• Established March 2011
• Tight membership with wider engagement via
task and finish groups
• Initial focus on improving JSNA
• Now working to convert JSNA priorities into
themes of the JHWS
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strategic-needs-assessment.aspx

4. Lincolnshire JSNA
New approach to JSNA 2011
• Establish JSNA as a continuous process;
• Improve level and quality of engagement;
• Produce a succinct annual JSNA report;
• Support the report with expert commentaries on
35 topic areas
• Focus report on the health inequalities
• New website with enhanced views of the JSNA
http://shared.research-lincs.org.uk/joint-
strategic-needs-assessment.aspx

5. JSNA Identified Priorities
• Promoting healthy lifestyles
• Improving health and wellbeing for older people
• Delivering high quality systematic care for major
causes of ill health
• Improving health and reducing health
inequalities for children
• Reducing Worklessness
http://shared.research-lincs.org.uk/joint-
strategic-needs-assessment.aspx

6. Next Steps – Future Developments
1. Monitor continuous improvement by undertaking an
annual JSNA ‘Health Check’ with partners
2. Convert JSNA priorities into themed chapters of the
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy
3. Engage communities by developing asset based
approaches to be used in conjunction with the JSNA
4. Establish an alignment with various assessments of
need (e.g. Child Poverty Needs Assessment)
5. Improve quality and presentation of data on
Lincolnshire Research Observatory
6. Develop a strategic development group to report
progress and support the Health and Wellbeing Board

7. Thankyou
David Stacey
Programme Manager for Public Health
Lincolnshire County Council
E: david.stacey@lincolnshire.gov.uk
T: 01522 554017
http://shared.research-lincs.org.uk/joint-
strategic-needs-assessment.aspx