Development of Justice Health Needs Assessment for Birmingham City Council

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Birmingham City Council awarded a contract to BVSC for the development of a comprehensive Justice Health Needs Assessment (JHNA) in Birmingham.

The project involved reviewing and synthesizing local data and intelligence, gathering insight from people with lived experience of offending and frontline services, conducting a review of evidence on best practices and effective interventions, and developing robust recommendations within the relevant strategic context.

The supplier produced separate reports for each component, an overarching needs assessment report consolidating findings and recommendations, a summary easy read version, and a slide deck.

The assessment focused on prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary), linking offending and risk of offending behaviours to health and wellbeing, and included a profile of populations at risk of offending behaviours in Birmingham and a description of their health and wellbeing needs and the extent to which these are currently met.

The project was guided by the framework for public involvement in research established by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The contract value was AUD 84,847.