The Cumbria JSNA model

The JSNA model in Cumbria is based on bringing together seven sources of information relating to the needs of people living in Cumbria, and using these to influence how services are provided. These seven elements are set out below.  

1. The people of Cumbria: This includes information on the numbers of people living and working in Cumbria and how this may change in the future.  
2. Health and wellbeing status: This comprises of measures of the health and wellbeing of people living in Cumbria.
3. Determinants of Health and wellbeing: This is where we capture information on factors that affect the health and wellbeing of people in Cumbria, such as poverty or smoking for example.
4. Services: This where we provide information about the services people are using, how accessible these services are and their quality.
5. What works: This is where we capture information from research and examples of effective practice showing what we know about what works to improve health and wellbeing
6. Voice: This is where we capture the views and experience of people in Cumbria. Local people let us have their views through a wide range of mechanisms including consultations, special engagement exercises and complaints. This tells us about peoples priorities, what they think would improve their health and wellbeing and their experience of care services.
7. Action: JSNA is not just about data; it is about changing the lives of residents and is therefore an ongoing process.    

A series of demonstration projects will be carried out over the next year focused on particular groups of people, geographical communities or communities of interest. The projects will initially focus on issues that have a significant impact on health and wellbeing as well as being areas where there is a good potential for services to be changed based on the findings of a needs assessment.