Joint Strategic Needs Assessment - Children's Chapter
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) was developed by local authority and health partners across Essex (including Thurrock and Southend Unitary Authorities) to inform service planning and commissioning. The document, which can be found on www.shapingthurrock.org.uk/healthy is a high level document and it was recognised at the time of publication that the range and scope of information around children and young people was under represented and is important enough to warrant its own JSNA chapter. Attached is the JSNA Children's Chapter, which will form part of the needs assessment for Thurrock Children's Trust Children and Young People's Plan going forward. It will also be a key document within our commissioning framework.
This chapter looks at the needs of children and young people within the Every Child Matters five priority outcome areas:
- Be healthy
- Stay safe
- Enjoy and achieve
- Make a positive contribution
- Achieve economic well-being.
The analysis looks at where Essex, Southend and Thurrock are under performing against comparators and where the authorities are performing well, based on the information available for this Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. The data presented in this chapter cover different periods of time, but are the latest available. The data are presented by district/unitary authority where possible, but this may mask differences and inequalities within an individual area: this chapter should act as a starting point for further investigation at a lower level than district/unitary authority. Comparisons between Essex, Southend and Thurrock local authority areas must also be treated with caution, due to the impact of the different demographic profiles of the three areas upon the incidence of poverty and health inequalities.
Note: this document is a PDF file, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader