Needs Assessment Reports

Needs Assessment Reports provide appropriate evidence-based information on prevalence, incidence and risk factors affecting children’s health and the provision of healthcare services.

These reports support you in undertaking needs assessments as part of children’s and young people’s planning and joint strategic needs assessments. They also help you to develop a business case, justify investment, initiate conversations around service improvements and carry out a service review or local audit.

Generate Needs Assessment Reports for the following themes:

• Demographic profile for local authorities
• Demographic profile for primary care trusts
• Child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS) for CAMHS partnerships
• Children and young people with disabilities for local authorities
• Continence in children for local authorities
• Speech and language impairment for local authorities
• Maternity for primary care trusts

The following short guide provides more information about using the Needs Assessment Reports and interpreting the information they include.

• What do the Needs Assessment Reports tell you about your local area