The purpose of this survey, led by Essex Public Health and Essex Youth Service on behalf of the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention group, is to gather the views of young people on a range of topics relating to relationships and sexual health, understanding what further information and support they would like and their preferred ways in which to access it. This survey...
Childhood in Essex The world children and young people are growing up in today has substantially changed from the childhood of previous generations. As such, it’s important for decision makers to put themselves in the shoes of current children and young people, to understand the new opportunities and challenges that they face - as the decisions made now will shape their...
A Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) is a comprehensive assessment of the current and future pharmaceutical needs of the local population. Health and Wellbeing Boards have a legal duty to produce and publish a PNA for their area. This set of documents includes the assessment and 7 appendices. Supplementary statements will also be published here with updates on provision of services. It sets...
A Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) is a comprehensive assessment of the current and future pharmaceutical needs of the local population. Health and Wellbeing Boards have a legal duty to produce and publish a PNA for their area. This set of documents includes the assessment, 8 appendices and 11 supplementary statements from April 2023 and a further 7 from December 2023 with...
The Local Area Health Scorecard shows the latest summary snapshot of health in an area. The scorecard can be used to quickly understand the health of your area which, combined with your local knowledge, will help to tailor the support your school needs from the Healthy Schools Programme. Each scorecard has a summary table showing the latest data at district &...
What is the Essex Renewal Project The Essex Renewal Project brought together an independent panel of expert commissioners to examine the long-term -impacts of COVID-19, and to make recommendations on the steps required to improve outcomes and exploit future opportunities. The project was sponsored by the University of Essex and Essex County Council on behalf of Essex Partners. The ERP recognised the importance...
This Armed Forces Needs Assessment (AFNA) report forms part of a wider Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) suite of products that provide an overview of the key issues across Essex. The aims of these reports are, to: • Provide key demographics of the armed forces community in Essex • Examine the experiences of the armed forces community in relation to: • Health and...
Safer Essex is the statutory county-wide Strategy Group for community safety, bringing together partners from across Essex, Southend and Thurrock to co-ordinate the partnership response to community safety issues. Each District/City/Borough/Unitary council area in Essex also has its own Community Safety Partnership. Every year, Community Safety Partnerships are required to carry out an assessment of crime and anti social behaviour in...
The Essex Youth Vaping report provides the insights from the research project conducted to understand more about children and young people’s (CYP’s) vaping in Essex. With findings from CYP, parent’s/carer’s of CYP, and secondary schools, this includes Essex information on: Scale of youth vaping, and the culture, experiences, and activities around it Levels of knowledge and awareness around vaping,...
The Essex Recovery Foundation (ERF) has undertaken a comprehensive needs assessment to look at all aspects of the local drug and alcohol treatment system and how best to meet the needs of the individual. Focusing on what the experience is for individuals who access those services and to better understand the reasons why individuals do not wish to access them....