This guidance and best practice toolkit on joint strategic needs assessments (JSNA) has been produced by Local Government Improvement and Development (LG Improvement and Development) for all members of new shadow health and wellbeing boards.

The guidance will help members of new shadow health and wellbeing boards to ask the right questions about their JSNA, understand the range of good practice in other areas, decide what they want it to be and how it will inform the new Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS). It sets out the basic requirements for the JSNA process and illustrates good practice standards for important aspects of design.

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