What do we mean by food insecurity? The Food Standards Agency (FSA) defines food insecurity as: ‘Limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable food in socially acceptable ways (e.g., without resorting to emergency supplies, scavenging, stealing or other coping strategies).’ Food insecurity is a […]
Food Insecurity in Wiltshire 2023
Technical Guidance
This technical guidance is designed to support the interpretation of the data presented in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and the intelligence reports and needs assessments found in the library. It covers common acronyms and abbreviations, some technical terminology and statistical methods. Download slides as PDF
Substance Misuse Health Needs Assessment
The Substance Misuse Health Needs Assessment reviews the county’s drug and alcohol prevalence, risk factors, impact, current provision and recommendations. The development of this HNA has been led by Wiltshire Public Health and utilised various methods including; national and local data analysis and primary research. The information gathered provides a picture of the population of […]
Understanding the Impacts of Homelessness in Wiltshire – Health Needs Assessment
Homelessness is not just a housing problem – it can be caused by a multitude of social, individual and economic factors. As a complex issue, it often occurs because of a combination of events, such as relationship breakdown, debt, adverse experiences in childhood, as well as ill health. The problem of homelessness is multi-faceted and […]
Gypsy, Traveller and Boater Populations Health Needs Assessment
The aim of this health needs assessment is to identify the needs of the Gypsy, Traveller and Boater (GTB) communities in Wiltshire, to describe the current services and support in place to address these needs and to identify the gaps in service provision using evidence-based or best-practice approaches. This report, in conjunction with further input […]
Rural Facilities Survey
A survey of the facilities available in a number of rural settlements in Wiltshire has been carried out regularly since 1976, usually every three years, giving a comparative database for around 230 settlements spanning 36 years. The most recent survey was carried out in 2012 and a report outlining the results and trends revealed can […]
Rural Housing Need Survey
Rural areas are facing specific local challenges such as affordable housing, an ageing population, rural isolation, and reduced accessibility. Rural communities make up 50% of Wiltshire’s population living in 95% of the geographic area. We have recently begun a 5 year rolling programme of rural housing needs surveys in collaboration with parish councils and partner […]
Indices of Deprivation
The Index of Multiple Deprivation uses a collection of indicators grouped into seven Deprivation Domains to provide a relative estimate of deprivation within England. These domains are weighted to indicate their impact on deprivation and are collated to provide a single Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) […]
Child Poverty Needs Assessment
Under part 2 of the 2010 Child Poverty Act, Local Authorities and named partner authorities have a duty to cooperate to reduce and mitigate the effects of child poverty in their local areas. A local child poverty needs assessment was produced to understand the characteristics of low income and disadvantaged families in the area. Download […]