Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
Councils are developing and updating Joint Strategic Needs Assessments to inform health and social care strategies, incorporating new population data.
Kingston Council is preparing to establish a new Steering Group for its 2026/27 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), a data-informed assessment of population health and care needs, to guide a forthcoming Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy, as discussed by the Kingston Partnership Board in February 2026. Updates on JSNAs were also discussed by the Bexley Health and Wellbeing Board in September 2026 and the Hounslow Health and Wellbeing Board in July 2026.
The development of the JSNA was discussed by Waltham Forest's Integrated Meeting of Health & Wellbeing and Health & Care Partnership Boards in July 2026, alongside the Promoting Wellbeing workstream. In July 2025, an update to Lewisham's JSNA was presented to the Health and Wellbeing Board, incorporating Office for National Statistics population projections from June 2025 and highlighting projected population growth and demographic shifts by 2030.
No upcoming meetings are currently listed with the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment on their agenda. The JSNA is a statutory requirement for local authorities and NHS commissioners, providing evidence for local health and wellbeing strategies and informing commissioning decisions.
Key facts
- Kingston Council is preparing to establish a new Steering Group for a 2026/27 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Source
- The Kingston Partnership Board discussed the formation of the JSNA Steering Group in February 2026. Source
- An update to Lewisham's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment incorporated Office for National Statistics population projections from June 2025. Source
- Lewisham's JSNA update highlighted projected population growth and demographic shifts by 2030. Source
- The previous Kingston JSNA was completed in 2023. Source
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