Coventry Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

What is the Coventry Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)?

Welcome to the Coventry Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) 2026. The JSNA brings together evidence about the health and wellbeing of Coventry residents, to help leaders across health and care understand and work together to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Coventry.

Health is more than the healthcare system: it is not just about NHS hospitals, doctors, or nurses. Instead, health is about people’s lives. Indeed, people’s health is determined by their economic and social circumstances, such as:

• their communities - whether they have access to a good network of family and friends.
• their prospects - whether they have access to good jobs and education; and
• their environment - whether they live in a good neighbourhood with access to green spaces.

These social circumstances determine people’s health and well-being, and therefore, are known as social determinants of health.

This JSNA contains a full range of evidence to provide decision-makers with an understanding of local people and communities. It contains a lot of numbers and statistics because these are essential to show the trends of how things have changed, as well as comparisons with other places. However, because health is about people, this JSNA also contains a lot of evidence from local people and local community groups.

About this JSNA

The Health and Social Care Act of 2012 places a duty on Health and Wellbeing Boards to produce a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.

In April 2018, the Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board authorised a move towards a place-based approach to the JSNA, with the production of a citywide JSNA profile and JSNA profiles for each of the city’s eight Family Hub reach areas. In 2023 an updated citywide JSNA profile was published, followed by a series of further place-based profiles for priority areas in the city: Binley and Willenhall; Bell Green and Wood End, Henley Green, Manor Farm; Canley; Foleshill and Longford; Hillfields; and Tile Hill. These place-based profiles offer a rich understanding of these local neighbourhoods, underpinned by local insight and reflecting the community assets within the area.

This JSNA citywide profile was produced in 2026 by Coventry City Council with cooperation from partners across the Coventry Health and Wellbeing Board. It builds on learning and feedback from partners about how the JSNA is used and how it could be improved, including new intelligence to support wider application of the insight provided and enhance its relevance and impact.

Each JSNA profile is structured as follows:

• Demographics and Community
• Prospects
• Environment
• Health and Wellbeing

For each topic area covered, the JSNA explores:

• Why is this important?
• What is the local picture? How does it compare?
• What is happening in the city? What else can be done?