Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 09:38

First Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Meeting

by RYAN ASQUEZ

The first Public Health Joint Needs Assessment (JSNA) meeting was held at St. Bernard’s Hospital yesterday morning.

We spoke to Dr Helen Carter, Director of Public Health, ahead of the meeting to learn more about the JSNA and its role.

DATA
Data, Dr Carter insisted, will be key in guiding the planning of services for and understanding the health needs of the people of Gibraltar.
‘Having data and evidence about how long we live, who we are, what influences how healthy we are, is really important for Gibraltar’, she said.
‘It helps us plan services, it helps us understand the health needs of the population, and I use that very deliberately, needs versus wants’.