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World class commissioning

• World class commissioning

Health inequalities: progress and next steps

• Health inequalities - progress and next steps

The NHS in England: The operating framework for 2008/9

• The NHS in England: the operating framework for 2008/9

Vital Signs

• Operational plans 2008/09 - 2010/11

Putting people first: a shared vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care

• Putting people first

NICE guidance on community engagement

• NICE guidance on community engagement (opens new window)

JSNA as baseline information for health in strategic environmental assessment (SEA)

• Draft guidance on health in strategic environmental assessment - A consultation

Third sector

The third sector is well placed to indentify health and social care needs and advise on how these needs might best be met.

‘Partnership in Public Services – An Action Plan for Third Sector involvement’, has been agreed with the five major central government spending departments; it identifies new areas of opportunity for a range of providers and aims to help the third sector have access to them.  It sets out to ensure that all third sector organisations, whatever their size, can make a contribution to public services, if they want to.

• Partnership in public services (opens new window)

The DH, the NHS and social care have a long and established history of working with the Third Sector. The Strategic Agreement "Making Partnership Work for Patients, Carers and Service User" launched in 2004 recognises that a successful, mature and sustainable partnership with the NHS, Third Sector and the DH is critical and is integral to the development and delivery of user centred health and social services.

• Making partnership work for patients, carers and service users: A strategic agreement between the Department of Health, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector

This underpins and complements the 'Compact' and its Codes of Practice at all levels of partnership working. The 'Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in England’, is an agreement between government and third sector voluntary and community organisations in England to improve their relationships for mutual advantage. It sets out the statement of intent to work in an important and much needed partnership.

• The Compact (opens new window)

The Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) JSNA Resources

Statistical validity

This paper explains the principles of statistical variability, explaining confidence intervals and discussing strategies for dealing with small numbers, and common statistical pitfalls and fallacies.

• Statistical validity (opens new window)

Projection methods

This paper discusses statistical methods of producing projections, and highlights relevant software that can be used to assist in JSNA.

• Projection methods for use in JSNA (opens new window)

Data sharing for JSNA

This paper sets out key principles and identifies key resources that may help people share data legally and safely for the purpose of JSNA.

• Data sharing for JSNA (opens new window)

Measuring health inequalities

• Measuring health inequalities (opens new window)