Health needs assessments

This works highlights need and inequalities among Southampton neighbourhoods across a number of key theme areas, including demography, children's social care, youth crime and violence, healthy start, child health and need, adult health and need, education, poverty and deprivation.

Cycling Southampton 2017-2027 sets out Southampton City Council’s (SCC) approach to investing in and realising our vision for cycling between 2017 and 2027. To make cycling treated as a normal form of transport and create a liveable and thriving city. It outlines what work has already being undertaken, develops a policy approach for cycling, and sets out a Delivery Plan of proposed improvements to the cycle network and initiatives to realise the vision for cycling in Southampton.

We Can Be Active is a joint mission to inspire and support active lifestyles so we can all be active in a way that suits us.

A health needs assessment of Southampton City Council residents who access Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust community mental health services relating to their tobacco and alcohol use was undertaken to inform efforts to address these health inequalities locally. Southern Health data was used to describe the needs of people using the service in relation to smoking and drinking alcohol, and stakeholders internal and external to Southern Health were engaged. Themes regarding their experiences caring for people with mental ill-health, tobacco dependency and/or alcohol consumption were collated – this quantitative and qualitative data has been used to make recommendations for meeting their needs.

Homelessness Prevention needs assessments are developed to better understand homelessness in Southampton and determine the extent to which the population in the district is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Needs assessments can then be used to inform prevention strategies. Needs assessments and data associated with homelessness in Southampton can be downloaded below, along with the local and national strategies. Links for the 2023 Southampton Homelessness Prevention Review and the Southampton Homelessness Prevention Strategy 2024-2029 will be added when they become available.

The Southampton Safe City Strategic Assessment provides an overview of current and future crime, disorder and community safety issues affecting Southampton and makes recommendations to enable the Partnership to focus the Safe City Strategy and local delivery plans. The slide set and report that informed the assessment are available below to download. The interactive community safety dashboard can be accessed using the link below.

The health of adults with learning disabilities has improved over the last 30 years and this has been demonstrated through increased life expectancy. However, it is widely acknowledged that they still have poorer health than the general population, a shorter life expectancy and an increased risk of premature death.

This health needs assessment (HNA) uses a systematic approach with a combination of quantitative data, service user and staff surveys, qualitative research and stakeholder engagement to understand the needs of the population in terms of their sexual and reproductive health, together with the assets available in the city to support these needs. Within this, the HNA attempts to understand the additional needs and support available for certain groups, who may need a different approach to improve and maintain their sexual health and wellbeing.

The following report looks at the importance of national priorities and strongly support the need for both wider public health approaches for a smokefree Southampton and targeted interventions supporting smokers to stop. This included suggestions of a mixed model with personalised care, for cost effective evidence-based interventions embedded into existing services. The performance of previous and current services has been reviewed to inform the recommendations, alongside the current evidence base, NICE guidance, benchmarking and best practice.

This strategy describes our vision for how we, as a council, will reduce the harm to people who use tobacco, alcohol and drugs, as well as harm to people around them, and harm across the city of Southampton as a whole.

A Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Problem Profile was undertaken to explore the extent of VAWG in Southampton and to understand key patterns.