Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Consultation

Have Your Say on the County's Health and Wellbeing

Durham County Council, County Durham Primary Care Trust and other organisations are working together to draw up a detailed picture of the health and wellbeing needs of the people of County Durham.

Health and wellbeing is about more than treating people when they are ill, it is about keeping them healthy and independent throughout their lives.

By working together, a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) will be produced highlighting areas where more needs to be done to improve people’s health and wellbeing. A range of information has already been looked at and now it’s your turn to have your say. Views and comments from local people, service users and carers, provider organisations and professionals are essential to make sure the complete picture of need across the County is understood.

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JSNA Consultation Document and Summary

We have produced a draft Joint Strategic Needs Assessment along with a summary document to enable the public, service users and carers, provider organisations, health professionals and other interested stakeholders to look at the information in the format that is easiest for them.

County Durham JSNA Consultation Summary 2008.pdf (21 pages, 103kb)
County Durham JSNA Consultation Document 2008.pdf (154 pages, 3371kb)

Appendix 4.1: Community Health Profiles

County Durham Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 179kb)

Chester le Street Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 221kb)
Derwentside Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 217kb)
Durham City Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 229kb)
Easington Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 215kb)
Sedgefield Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 226kb)
Teesdale Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 214kb)
Wear Valley Community Health Profile.pdf (4 pages, 213kb)

Community Questionnaire

We have created a questionnaire to help members of the public respond to the consultation, this is available below as a document or through the on-line feedback form. For provider organisations, health professionals and other interested stakeholders who may want to provide more detailed comments, we have included some questions in briefing note 3 (below) which you may want to frame your responses around, although please do not feel constrained by these questions.

County Durham JSNA Consultation Questionnaire for Communities.pdf (2 pages, 37kb)

Briefing Notes

Throughout the process of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment we have provided stakeholders with briefing notes keeping them up to date with progress. These may provide a helpful summary of the process we have been through so far:

JSNA Briefing Note1.pdf (4 pages, 26kb)
JSNA Briefing Note 2.pdf (2 pages, 22kb)
JSNA Briefing Note3.pdf (2 pages, 14kb)

The consultation document, summary and questionnaire can also be found at your local County Durham library.

If you require an easy read version of the summary document please contact us using the contact details below.

Your thoughts and comments on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment will help produce a clearer picture of the health and wellbeing needs across County Durham. The consultation is open until 14 July 2008 and all comments received will be taken into account before finalising the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment by September 2008.

You can provide your comments and feedback by filling out the on-line feedback form.

Writing to:

Durham County Council
Corporate Communications
Freepost NEA10933
Durham
DH1 5BR

Or emailing JSNA@durham.gov.uk.