Defining Priority Areas in Somerset - SINe

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Wellbeing Defining Priority Areas in Somerset RIG, 5th May 2011

From Social Needs to Wellbeing:

From Social Needs to Wellbeing Health & Social Needs Group (HSNAG) brought together LAs, PCT, Police, Fire & Rescue, LSPs, CDRPs, RSP and DAAT 1 st HSNAG report published 1999 Updates in 2002, 2005 and 2008 Collated wealth of quant data relating to fourteen themes at Electoral Ward level Predates IMD 2011: Wellbeing as part of JSNA process

Defining ‘Priority Areas’:

Defining ‘Priority Areas’ HSNAG report introduced concept of ‘Priority Wards’ affecting different Age Categories:- All Ages, Child, Older Age Based on subset of key indicators – ranked Wards on each one and generated different scores based on ranks Objective to identify areas within each District with particular challenges, not just health-related

Refining emphasis in 2011:

Refining emphasis in 2011 This year, there have been revisions:- Define Priority LSOAs as well as Wards To identify more localised areas facing wellbeing challenges – wards can be too broad and homogenous Better means now of converting data to appropriate geographies Different set of indicators used to define the Priority Areas less reliance on 2001 Census data More rounded selection of measures (eg includes social housing applicants) More aligned with JSNA process Produce summary report on Priority Areas, linked to new InstantAtlas-based online tool INFORM Somerset

Examples of indicators used:

Examples of indicators used 29 in total – based on consultation and known impact on inequalities Seven themes:- Crime (eg Domestic Violence, Criminal Damage) Education (eg SEN pupils, Fixed exclusions, GCSE pass rate) Environment (eg Distance from GP) Health (eg Hospital admissions for Falls 65+, Teenage Births) Housing (eg Council Tax bands, Social housing applicants) Material Wellbeing (eg Benefit/Allowance claimants) Social Services (eg Adults receiving Home care)

Methodology:

Methodology Data either measured directly in the area or estimated based on population weighted values from smaller areas (eg postcode, LSOA) To ensure all variables on a comparable scales, Values recalculated as a Z score = (value - Somerset mean) / (Somerset Standard deviation) Scores then averaged for each theme so themes with more variables didn’t have higher scores. Theme scores were averaged, so each theme had equal weight, to give a combined score for each Age category Combined scores then ranked to give the top 10 ‘priority areas’ in Somerset. This process was repeated within each District.

Complements IMD:

Complements IMD Govt’s Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD):- Lower layer Super Output Areas (LSOA) across England Provides national benchmark -measures relative need Large number of indicators Somerset Priority Areas:- Now LSOA-based, but also reliable rates at Electoral Ward Use no modelled data at all, only observed data Can use IMD Quintiles to demonstrate links with inequalities Can show up areas not identified by IMD

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Danger! Work in Progress!

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Mike Smith Information Manager, Partnership Intelligence Unit MJSmith@somerset.gov.uk 01823 355589 INFORM Somerset: www.sine.org.uk/inform