Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: Health and Wellbeing Data for York

Every Health and Wellbeing Board in the UK produces a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). The York JSNA, a shared responsibility between City of York Council and NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group, focuses on four key areas: Starting and Growing Well, Living and Working Well, Ageing Well, and Mental Health. It was last updated on 2026-07-08 and is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing population health needs based on the four focus areas (Starting and Growing Well, Living and Working Well, Ageing Well, Mental Health).
• Planning local health and social care services based on the detailed picture of resident needs.
• Comparing health and wellbeing characteristics across different wards using linked Ward Profiles data.
• Assessing the physical and social environment's impact on health based on the characteristics data.

Strengths

• Focuses on four clearly defined health and wellbeing areas as stated in the description.
• Produced through a formal partnership between City of York Council and NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group.
• Linked to additional data sources such as Ward Profiles and a dedicated website for York's characteristics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of York Council and NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group

Collection Method

Analysis and identification of health and wellbeing needs by the local Health and Wellbeing Board.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:23.951190; freshness should be verified.

Geography

York, UK