Mental health and wellbeing JSNA
Advance notice - removal of the Mental health and wellbeing JSNA profile
Following the response to the health and social care statistical outputs consultation and further user engagement webinars conducted throughout May and June 2025, the 'Mental health and wellbeing JSNA' profile will be removed on 4 November 2025. The structure of the 'Mental health and wellbeing JSNA' profile and its content will be largely used by the new and combined 'Perinatal, children and young people's mental health' and 'Adult mental health and wellbeing' profiles.
The proposals on the removal of the 'Mental health and wellbeing JSNA' profile and on the structure and content of the 'Perinatal, children and young people's mental health' and 'Adult mental health and wellbeing' profiles were available for feedback throughout July 2025. Please note that following this feedback we are proposing that the current ‘Wellbeing' topic is incorporated in the new 'Adult mental health and wellbeing' profile.
Introduction
The mental health and wellbeing joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA) profile provides information with which to support health and wellbeing boards to produce local mental health and wellbeing JSNAs. The profile collates and presents a wide range of data, developed from a variety of relevant, robust sources. The profiling tool allows planners, providers and stakeholders to profile their area and benchmark against similar populations. The aim is to provide information for improvement, not judgement.
Tool structure
The JSNA profiling tool brings together a range of data, presented in the form of indicators, which are divided into six topic areas:
- prevalence and incidence
- risk factors
- protective factors
- wellbeing
- services
- quality and outcomes
A number of geographies are available with which to view each indicator and these include NHS geographies such as integrated care board (ICB), and local government geographies such as upper tier local authority (UTLA) and regions, as well as England level data.
Supporting information
The profile is supported by a range of intelligence products with which to assist health professionals when producing JSNAs. These resources can be found at:
Contact us
For enquiries and feedback relating to the mental health intelligence profiles, please email: mhit@dhsc.gov.uk
Recent updates
Advance notice - removal of the Mental health and wellbeing JSNA profile
Following the response to the health and social care statistical outputs consultation and further user engagement webinars conducted throughout May and June 2025, this profile will be removed on 4 November 2025. Following users' feedback, the current ‘Wellbeing' topic will be incorporated in the new 'Adult mental health and wellbeing' profile.
September 2025
The following indicators were updated:
Risk factors:
- C16 - Overweight (including obesity) prevalence in adults, (using adjusted self-reported height and weight)
- 93878 - The proportion of clients entering drug treatment identified as having a mental health treatment need, who were receiving treatment for their mental health.
August 2025
The following indicators were updated:
Risk factors:
- 93097 - Unemployment (Percentage of the working age population claiming out of work benefit)
- 93098 - Long-Term Unemployment. Rate per 1,000 working age population
- Affordability of home ownership
- B01b - Children in relative low income families (under 16s)
- B01b - Children in absolute low income families (under 16s)
- B17 - Fuel poverty (low income, low energy efficiency methodology)
Protective factors:
- A01a - Healthy life expectancy at birth
Wellbeing:
- A01a - Healthy life expectancy at birth
- Work-related illness
- 93097 - Unemployment (Percentage of the working age population claiming out of work benefit)
- Affordability of home ownership
Note, data by deprivation deciles was added to the "A01a - Healthy life expectancy at birth" indicator, but the latest time point wasn't updated.
June 2025
The following indicators were updated:
Quality and Outcomes:
- Successful completion of drug treatment: opiate users
- Successful completion of drug treatment: non opiate users
- Successful completion of alcohol treatment
- Suicide rate
May 2025
The following indicators were updated:
Risk factors:
- 16 to 17 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) or whose activity is not known
- Overweight (including obesity) prevalence in adults, (using adjusted self-reported height and weight)
- Reoffending levels: percentage of offenders who reoffend
Protective factors:
- Percentage of physically active adults
Wellbeing:
- Percentage of physically active adults
March 2025
The following indicators were updated:
Risk factors:
- Children in care
- Year 6 prevalence of overweight (including obesity)
- Smoking Prevalence in adults (aged 18 and over) - current smokers (APS)
Services:
- Hospital admissions as a result of self-harm (10 to 24 years)
June 2024
The following indicators were updated:
Risk factors
- Affordibility of home ownership
Wellbeing
- Work-related illness
- Air pollution: fine particulate matter (new method - concentrations total PM2.5)
Quality & outcomes
- E09a - Premature mortality in adults with Severe Mental Illness (SMI)
- E09b - Excess under 75 mortality rate in adults with Severe Mental Illness (SMI)
January 2024
The following indicators have been updated:
Quality & Outcomes topic
August 2023
The following indicators have been updated:
Risk factors topic
- B04 - First time entrants to the youth justice system
- B13c - First time offenders
- B13a - Reoffending levels: percentage of offenders who reoffend
- C18 - Smoking Prevalence in adults (18+) - current smokers (APS)
- B17 - Fuel Poverty (low income, low energy efficiency methodology)
Quality & Outcomes topic
- IAPT reliable improvement: % of people who have completed IAPT treatment who achieved "reliable improvement"
July 2023
The following indicators have been updated:
Risk factors topic
- C16 - Percentage of adults (aged 18 plus) classified as overweight or obese
- Smoking prevalence in adults with a long term mental health condition (18+) - current smokers (GPPS)
Protective factors and Wellbeing topics
- C17a - Percentage of physically active adults
February 2023
A new topic, Wellbeing, has been added to the profile.
The Wellbeing topic contains 25 indicators. These are grouped under six headings:
- Personal wellbeing
- Economy
- Education and childhood
- Health
- Place
- Social relationships
These indicators are displayed at three geographical levels: Counties and Unitary Authorities (from April 2021); Region; England.
Indicators in other topics in the profile have been updated:
Risk factors - three indicators
Protective factors - three indicators
Services - three indicators
Quality and outcomes - three indicators
