Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
This is Barnet’s first Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). It is an ambitious document which has tried to understand the current health and social care needs of Barnet’s residents and anticipates how these may change against the background of a diminishing public purse. In particular we have focused on the importance of lifestyle choices in determining future health and social care outcomes and building upon our earlier health profile.
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) (PDF 
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To make the information easier to access we have inserted hyperlinks throughout the document (which are underlined text) and can be clicked on allowing the evidence to be examined in greater detail.
Barnet Primary Care Trust and Barnet councils’ joint health and social care priorities are to tackle obesity, reduce alcohol consumption and reduce smoking by:
- creating a health supporting environment which encourages well-being
- improving the health interventions of people who suffer ill health
- understanding the experiences of using health and social care services in order to best meet needs and manage demand
Barnet’s JSNA needs to be considered by all relevant partnership boards so that they take account of the messages it contains in their future policies and plans. It will also inform future commissioning by GP clusters and form the basis of strong locality commissioning, with a focus on community and preventative services.
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