JSNA Review Survey

During August and September 2025, we asked for your views on Havering’s current Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). 

The JSNA provides essential insight and understanding of the current and future health and wellbeing needs of Havering's population and is relevant to everyone.  It tells us how Havering's health outcomes - that is the physical and mental wellbeing of individuals and communities - are impacted by social, economic and environmental factors.  These factors cover a range of areas such as education, housing, employment, planning, transport and community safety.  

By bringing this together in one document, the JSNA helps to support evidence-based decision making to improve the lives of our residents. 

We received 41 on-line responses to our survey. 

• The majority of respondents were Havering residents, council employees and NHS professionals. 

Data Needs and Usage 

• Most of the respondents said they require borough-level data for planning services, business cases, and funding bids. 

• Most requested data types included demographics, health outcomes and social outcomes. 

• The most preferred formats for data presentation are infographics and maps. 

JSNA Familiarity and Usefulness 

• Over a third of the respondents were familiar with the JSNA, while about a half were not. The most-used section was demographics. 

Navigation and Accessibility 

• Half of respondents had not accessed the JSNA. Over a third who had accessed it, found it easy to navigate. 

• The majority of the respondents had not accessed local insight explorer. 

Identified Data Gaps 

• Information on air pollution in Rainham. 

• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). 

• Pregnant women. 

• Elderly and digitally excluded populations. 

The JSNA production is a complex process that involves multiple stakeholders and takes months to accomplish. No formal evaluation/review has been taken in the recent past to clearly identify strengths and weaknesses of the process and products, along with opportunities for improvement. 

Your experiences, views, and local knowledge are of great significance. By taking part, you have helped us develop a clearer understanding of what is working well, where improvements can be made, and will help us to form a 3-year delivery plan. 

Next steps:  

• Public Health Intelligence and Insight teams will utilise survey feedback and other resources to develop new templates and recommendations for improvement. 

• Stakeholder workshops will be developed for input on templates, plans and recommendations. 

• A stakeholder steering group will be put together to review and approve recommendations. 

• A 3-year delivery plan is scheduled to be implemented from April 2026 

You can view the current JSNA and related profiles here:  Havering JSNA Webpage. 

You can also access the JSNA Local Insight interactive data and map explorer here:  Map | Local Insight.