Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which joint strategic needs assessments pay due regard to men’s health issues.

The Government has not made any assessment of the extent to which Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) pay regard to men’s health issues.

JSNAs should assess the health and care needs of the entire local population, and offer a valuable opportunity to review how current local services support men’s health services and help commissioners prioritise and commission services appropriately.

The Government has not highlighted or prioritised any specific groups or area of need over another as this would risk undermining the purpose of JSNAs as being objective, comprehensive and most importantly locally-owned assessments.