The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Annual Report provides a broad overview of health and wellbeing in Southwark. It provides an analysis of our changing population, along with details of the health inequalities in the borough.
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Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Programme
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) programme provides an assessment of the current and future health and social care needs of the Southwark population. Data and insights from these assessments are used to determine the priorities of Southwark’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and action plan.
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
Annual public health report
Each year the Director of Public Health publishes an independent report on the health of the local population. This provides an update on the progress to:
- improve the health and wellbeing of people in Southwark
- identify any emerging health issues
- highlight areas for improvement
Our Annual Public Health report forms part of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) process.
It provides decision makers with priorities and recommendations to take action locally.
Read our latest report - A Fairer Future: tackling health inequalities in Southwark
Our 2025 Annual Public Health Report will focus on health-related unemployment and will be published towards the end of the year.
Previous annual public health reports
- Cleaner Air, Healthier Lives - Southwark’s Annual Public Health Report 2023
- the value of partnership working to support residents during COVID-19 (2022)
- statistical appendix (2019)
- our climate, our health (2019)
- statistical stats appendix (2018)
- everything to gain and nothing to lose (2018)
- public health summary for Southwark - our borough (2018)
Health needs assessments
Health needs assessments identify the health and wellbeing needs of Southwark residents. They may focus on a particular health condition or the wider determinants of health. These are factors that affect people's health such as lifestyle, housing and income.
The needs assessments are based on:
- national and local data
- insights gained from local partners and residents
We take into account the views of residents in the local community. Needs assessments are then used to inform policies and services.
Health needs assessments for Southwark:
2024/25
- lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, plus (LGBTQIA+) health and wellbeing
- salud de la comunidad Latinoamericana (Latin American health, Spanish translation)
- Latin American health
- Hot weather and health
- Poverty
- Childhood obesity
- Adult obesity
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller populations in Southwark
2023/24
- the first 1,001 days
- children and young people’s mental health
- cancer screening in Southwark
- sexual health in vulnerable groups
- asylum seekers and refugees
- female genital mutilation
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
- immunisation – pre-school
- immunisation – school age
- immunisation – adults
- child death
- childhood obesity
- dementia prevention
- cancer JSNA factsheet
- cervical cancer screening
- smoking
- demography factsheet
2018/19
- oral health
- bowel cancer screening
- long-term conditions
- multiple long term conditions in Southwark
- CVD risk factors and prevention
- sexual health in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham
- learning disabilities
- rough sleepers
2017/18
Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
Every Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) in England has a statutory responsibility to publish and update a statement of the pharmaceutical service needs of the population in its area, referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).
Southwark’s PNA looks at the current provision of pharmaceutical services across the borough and whether this meets the current and future needs of our local population. Any potential gaps in service delivery are identified and recommendations are made on how to address these gaps.
This is the third PNA undertaken by Southwark’s HWB, following earlier versions published in 2015 and 2018.
Decisions on whether to open new pharmacies are made by NHS England, not the HWB. Pharmacies must submit a formal application; the relevant NHS England area team then reviews the application and decides whether a new pharmacy is needed in the proposed location. When making this decision, NHS England is required to refer to the local PNA.
The PNA is also used by local councils and integrated care boards when commissioning services to meet local health needs and priorities.
The next PNA will be published in October 2025, and will involve public and pharmacy services consultations open for at least 60 days.
2024
- Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2022 to 2025 Supplementary Statement 1
- Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2022 to 2025 Supplementary Statement 2
2022