Agenda item

Report and presentation of Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing

Further to Minute 31/18, the Board considered a report of Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, which provided an update on progress with the development of the place-based Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). The Board also received a corresponding presentation from Si Chun Lam, Coventry Council, highlighting the approach to the JSNA; setting out the key messages; and informing of further information and resources.

The report indicated that the new place-based JSNA was being developed for the period 2019 to 2022 to help partners understand needs and assets at a local level. The refreshed Health and Wellbeing Strategy would translate the emerging JSNA findings into priorities for what the Board wanted to achieve over the next three to four years. The Board had previously agreed to take a place-based approach to the JSNA, based around the 8 family hub geographies.

The Board noted that the JSNA is being used as a vehicle for engaging and involving local partners and stakeholders, to give more in-depth understanding of the assets and needs of geographical areas within the City and support programmes and strategies which are founded on community resilience and service delivery at locality level. The process involved the collection of ‘hard’ evidence from data sources, as well as consultation with local stakeholders - organisations and individuals - to understand the key issues facing local communities.

Since the previous update, recent progress included:

(i) The final content of the data profiling tool had now been agreed and look and usability of the tool was being tested by Coventry City Council insight team and with partners. This tool would include data about Coventry under four themes: Demographics and Communities, Health and Wellbeing, Prospects and Environment.

(ii) A range of engagement activity has taken place including  place-based enagement with residents in two family hub-based localities (Moat and Foleshill); engagement with a large range of community and voluntary sectors organisations both working across the city and within specific localities; and engagement with communities of interest, particularly those representing individuals with protected characteristics.

(iii) A city-wide profile was being designed which would incorporate analysis of data via the data profiling tool and analysis of outputs from the engagement work. This profile would highlight key issues in the city, using both data and the reflections captured through engagement with residents and communities. The profile would also identify assets which were currently addressing some of these issues and how these assets might be supported and grown to do more.  Finally, there were recommendations for further action and gaps which required more support. These findings would be used to shape the new Health and Wellbeing Strategy. 

The report referred to the next steps in the process which included the continued development of the data profiler tool, which was expected to be available for general use by June. The first phase of engagement, as set out above, was currently being analysed and results would be shared with partners once this analysis was complete. The Board were informed that following analysis and dissemination of outputs, this first phase of engagement would be reviewed and a decision made whether further specific engagement events were to be held in each of the other family hub areas, or if outputs from existing engagement forums were used to inform locality-based profiles. As with the City-wide profile, locality based profiles would be produced for each of the eight family hub areas using both data and engagement outputs. It was anticipated that a final draft of the City-wide profile would be available by mid-May, with profiles for Foleshill and Moat following shortly after. The timeline for the completion of the other six locality profiles would depend on the approach taken to local engagement going forward. 

The Board would continue to receive updates as the place-based profiles emerged and would play an important role in ensuring that the local health and care economy was being shaped by the outputs and recommendations of these profiles.

The presentation provided additional data on the four main themes: Demographics and Community, Prospects, Environment and Health and Wellbeing.

Members were offered the option of a training session to provide partners with an understanding the data profiling tool so allowing them to include their data on the system.  

Clarification was sought as to the opportunities to use the data to see trends over time and to undertake comparisons with other similar areas across the country.

RESOLVED that:

(1) The progress in the development of a place-based Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for Coventry be noted.

(2) The structure and content of the City wide and eight locality profiles be agreed.

(3) The emerging outputs from the JSNA be noted, including how these were shaping the new Health and Wellbeing Strategy.