Health Needs Assessments

Health needs assessments are used to identify the health and wellbeing needs of Southwark residents.

A needs assessment may focus on a particular health condition or examine the wider determinants of health. These are factors that affect people's health such as lifestyle, housing and income.

The needs assessments draw on national and local data as well as insights gained from local partners and residents. This allows recommendations to be made which take into account the views of residents in the local community. The needs assessments are then used to inform policies and services, provided by both the council and our partners.

Together, the undertaken needs assessments form the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is a statutory requirement of all local authorities, under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Needs assessments provide detailed information on individual themes, often based on one of the following:

• a particular population group
• behaviours and health risk factors
• wider determinants of health
• health conditions and health care

All health needs assessments for Southwark

2023

• Children and Young People’s Mental Health ^{(PDF, 2.3mb)}
• Cancer Screening in Southwark ^{(PDF, 1.4mb)}
• Sexual health in vulnerable groups ^{(PDF, 1.3mb)}
• Asylum Seekers and Refugees ^{(PDF, 2.7mb)}
• Female Genital Mutilation ^{(PDF, 1.1mb)}

2022

• Special Educational Needs & Disabilities ^{(PDF, 1.3mb)}
• Air Quality ^{(pptx, 17.4mb)}

2021       

• Carers’ JSNA ^{(PDF, 2.2mb)}
• Household Food Insecurity JSNA ^{(PDF, 3mb)}

2020

• A review of breast screening in Southwark ^{(PDF, 1.7mb)}

2019

• Immunisation – Preschool ^{(PDF, 1.5mb)}
• Immunisation – School Age ^{(PDF, 891kb)}
• Immunisation – Adults ^{(PDF, 788kb)}
• Child Death ^{(PDF, 405kb)}
• Childhood Obesity ^{(PDF, 1.6mb)}
• Dementia prevention ^{(PDF, 1.3mb)}
• Cancer JSNA factsheet ^{(PDF, 1.5mb)}
• Cervical cancer screening ^{(PDF, 945kb)}
• Smoking ^{(PDF, 1.2mb)}
• Demography factsheet ^{(PDF, 765kb)}

2018

• Oral health ^{(PDF, 1.5mb)}
• Bowel Cancer Screening ^{(PDF, 952kb)}
• Long term conditions ^{(PDF, 854kb)}
• Multiple long term conditions in Southwark ^{(PDF, 706kb)}
• CVD risk factors and prevention ^{(PDF, 1.9mb)}
• Sexual health in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham  ^{(pptx, 1.1mb)}
• Learning disabilities ^{(PDF, 616kb)}
• Rough sleepers ^{(PDF, 1016kb)}

2017

• School age children ^{(PDF, 753kb)}
• Mental health ^{(PDF, 538kb)}
• Suicide and self-harm ^{(PDF, 845kb)}
• Alcohol ^{(PDF, 5.4mb)}
• Cumulative impact zones ^{(PDF, 6.5mb)}
• Drug related deaths ^{(PDF, 474kb)}
• Substance misuse admissions ^{(PDF, 1.8mb)}
• Club drugs ^{(PDF, 668kb)}
• Active travel ^{(PDF, 1.1mb)}
• Protected characteristics ^{(PDF, 1.2mb)}
• Housing ^{(PDF, 1.2mb)}

Page last updated: 21 February 2024