Description: This note explains the background to producing estimates of the future population of Nottingham City by age for the 2011 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Although the resulting estimates are produced mainly for the JSNA, it is intended to recommend their use for other service planning, pending the production of any further official population projections.

Description: This note explains the background to producing estimates of the future population of Nottingham City by age for the 2010 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Although the resulting estimates are produced mainly for the JSNA, it is intended to recommend their use for other service planning, pending the production of any further official population projections.

Description: A Health Needs Assessment (HNA) of the prison population at HMP Nottingham, which was carried out in 2009. The prison population has different health needs to the general public. They are likely to have poorer physical, mental and social health than the general public and suffer from conditions associated with offending, such as substance misuse. In Nottingham, the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment highlighted key issues around healthcare provision for prisoners, including a lack of knowledge around this population's health care needs. HMP Nottingham is a busy local prison with a high turnover and it is estimated that around 4500 prisoners access healthcare services at HMP Nottingham each year. HMP Nottingham is currently undergoing expansion, which will see the prison's operational capacity increase from 550 prisoners to 1059. This will increase the demand on Healthcare services at HMP Nottingham and may create new health needs. In view of the prison expansion, the lack of solid information on health of prisoners in HMP Nottingham, national policy around health care provision within prisons and the gaps highlighted in the JSNA this Health Needs Assessment was undertaken.

Description: The Health and Social Care Bill is a crucial part of the Government's vision for modernising the NHS. The Bill was presented to Parliament on 19th January 2011, setting out a radical restructure of the health system in England. This Policy Alert summarises the key proposals in the Bill and the implications for Nottingham. It also includes a summary of two recent Government health consultations, which both close on 31st March 2011

Description: People with learning disabilities are one of the most vulnerable groups in society. They are known to experience inequalities in health and as a result suffer poorer health outcomes compared to the general population. There is now an increasing national and international body of evidence as to the pattern of health needs of people with learning disabilities. However, no detailed assessment of the health needs of people with learning disabilities that live within Nottingham and Nottinghamshire has been undertaken previously. A Health Needs Assessment was therefore undertaken to capture this information. This is the executive summary.