1. Calderdale Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
Paula Holden & Pete Phillips

2. The Core Project Team
Children and Young Peoples Services (Calderdale MBC)
Head of Commissioning and Partnership Services
Policy and Planning Officer
Health and Social Care (Calderdale MBC)
Director of Health and Social Care
Information Analyst – Performance Information
Public Health (NHS Calderdale)
Deputy Director of Public Health
Information Analyst – Public Health
Head of Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Services
Head of Older Peoples Services
Information Analyst – Chief Executives Office
Representative from the community forum

3. Project Timescales Scope of project and timescales agreed.
Meeting of information analysts to discuss available data and lists of available data produced
Apr
May
Table of key data by locality produced and presented at Senior Management workshop and feedback gained
Jun
First draft of JSNA produced
Jul
Aug
Dialogue Plan Developed
Sept
Final draft of JSNA dialogue document produced
Oct
Consultation/dialogue with stakeholders and Public
Nov
Dec
Analysis of responses to dialogue process and gathering new data
Final JSNA document produced
Jan
Feb
Mar

4. Consultation and Involvement Why consult?
Address concerns of managers and other stakeholders rather than being driven by the data available
To raise awareness
Widen sense of ownership
To demonstrate that it’s part of an ongoing process not simply a report
To test its usefulness and areas for future development
We had to focus on part of our JSNA process that we felt had gone well. We decided to look at the consultation and involvement process, so the next three slides describe the process in more detail. From the other presentations none of the other PCT/LA teams seemed to have conducted much of a consultation process

5. Consultation and Involvement The Process
Half day workshop in June to publicise project to senior managers in the Council and to gain feedback
Feedback questionnaire was produced and circulated with dialogue document
Dialogue document also available on web
Opportunity for open comment to dedicated address

6. Consultation and Involvement Some of the groups consulted
Area Forums
GALYIC
Brunswick Centre –Sexual Health
Calderdale Community Forum
Halifax & District Irish Society
Mental Health Partnership Board
Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
Children and Young Peoples Theme Group
Joint CYPP/HSC Scrutiny
Safer/Stronger Theme Group

7. Consultation and Involvement The Outcome
Identified lots of gaps
Identified areas that needed more emphasis
Some were able to be addressed and were added to the document
Others have been deferred to be addressed later

8. SWOT Analysis – JSNA Process
Strengths
Developed jointly
Dialogue process
Opportunities
Commissioners more aware of available data
Impetus towards joint information systems
Threats
Not used due to competing pressure
Lack of ownership by other stakeholders
Weaknesses
No project manager
Could have been more commissioning representation on project team
Although we received many suggestions from you all on strengths/weaknesses etc, when we looked at the actual letter describing what was to be included it specified that the SWOT analysis should look at the process not the actual content. We struggled to think of suitable weaknesses with the project as the ones suggested were all related to content. Therefore we selected the fact that there was no project manager. On listening to the other presentations, most of the teams had a dedicated project manager. We also thought that as the document was expected to be mainly used by commissioners it may have been better if there was more commissioning input.

9. Gaps in Data Lifestyle and behavioural factors that relate to health
Physical and Sensory Disabilities
Mental health – Lack of robust local data
Prevalence of chronic conditions such as multiple sclerosis
More detailed analysis of residents concerns/priorities/aspirations
Linkage of health issues with crime e.g. impact of alcohol
Gay and lesbian issues

10. Areas for support from PHO/IC
Lifestyle survey
Adults and children and young people
Standard questions across region/England to allow comparisons
Develop best practice guidance
Promoting culture of data use
Interpret and apply findings of JSNA
Practical examples
We had to think of a couple of areas in which we would like support from the PHO. We selected lifestyle surveys because we felt that many areas would be in the same position with a lack of reliable data and it would make sense for the PHO to co-ordinate something so that the questions were standard and could be compared across areas. The other thing we selected was around promoting a culture of data use in commissioners and also training in understanding data.

11. Further Work Data Warehouse/Observatory Lifestyles Survey
Web based system holding key data at sub district level
Initial meeting arranged for Mid April
Resource implications
Lifestyles Survey
Huge gap in information
In house FORMIC questionnaires service
Response rates could be problem
Comparison data?
We have to think of a project that we would like to spend the grant on that can be conducted over the summer. We mentioned two potential projects. Currently it is not binding and we are free to change our ideas. However they are expecting us to do a presentation on the project we wish to do for the meeting on the 30th April and I would assume by then that they would expect us to go ahead with the project we’ve presented on. It would be useful if this could be discussed and agreed at the meeting we’re having on the 21st.