The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and joint health and wellbeing strategies explained narrative aims to support the NHS, local government and emerging health and wellbeing boards to develop their preparatory joint health and wellbeing strategy.
The document describes the resources the Department of Health will make available to support these boards and how learning from early implementer health and wellbeing boards will be considered in these discussions - subject to the successful passage of the Health and Social Care Bill.
The document can be found on the Department of Health's publications webpages.