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<p>Health and wellbeing boards are responsible for preparing joint strategic needs
assessments (JSNAs) which should assess the health and care needs of the entire local
population. As such, the JSNA offers a valuable opportunity for localities to review
how current local services address loneliness.</p><p><br> The Government has not highlighted
or prioritised any specific groups or area of need over another as this would risk
undermining the purpose of JSNAs as being objective, comprehensive and most importantly
locally-owned assessments.</p>
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