Decision details

Dr McWilliam introduced the annual refreshed Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for the Board’s consideration and approval (HWB7).

Members of the Board commended the officers who had been involved in the production of the JSNA for their very thorough and extensive work, in particular, Jackie Wilderspin and Margaret Melling in the Public Health and Research & Intelligence Teams, respectively.

Issues raised by Board members were as follows:

·         The need for a smaller group of officers to align the JSNA with the various housing and infrastructure plans, which tended to have longer lead in times, in order to model what was required in 10 years’ time;

·         The executive summary needed to be circulated on a much wider basis, for example to parish councils;

·         To undertake ‘deep dives’ into certain areas, or to conduct regular reviews into specified areas targeting certain areas of need in Oxfordshire which the JSNA had found to be below the national average; for example, physical activity for children, children with special educational needs from ethnic backgrounds and the increase in child referrals to the children looked after team.

The Board AGREED to approve the JSNA for 2018-19.