Health and wellbeing board

It is expected that the JSNA should be based on analysis of: Department of Health guidance recommends that JSNAs are refreshed every three years.

Priority areas identified from JSNAs are key for the development of joint strategies, which in turn feed into commissioning plans.

[6] The strategic direction of implementation and service delivery for health and wellbeing boards is outlined in the joint strategy documents.

In this sense the boards have a role in shaping the local public health landscape, and helping CCGs to commission services in an effective and targeted manner.

An early survey of 50 local authorities found that the majority of the respondents thought that joint health and wellbeing strategies would be influential in relation to the decisions of CCGs.

Although they hold responsibility for public health at the local level, the administration and governance of the boards is not part of the NHS.