Deeside - Strategic Needs Assessment

Project Updates

September 2023

A Project Progress Report has been uploaded in advance of presentation at the Integrated Joint Board in October. If you have any comments you wish to share, please email them to AberdeenshireHSCP@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.

Information

Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership

Deeside & Upper Donside is changing - the sizes of various communities has changed significantly over the years, the health conditions that people live with for longer, healthcare and how people can now use digital technology - have all changed.

A wide range of health and social care services for adults are delivered across the Deeside & Upper Donside area by the Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership, NHS Grampian, GP Practices and third sector organisations.

The AHSCP Strategic Plan (2020 – 2025) sets out the agreed priorities the Partnership will focus on to ensure we meet the needs of our communities.

Strategic Needs Assessment

The Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership has undertaken, in partnership with you and the wider community, a ‘Strategic Needs Assessment’ focusing on the health & social care services for adults provided in Deeside & Upper Donside. A ‘Strategic Needs Assessment’ is a process which helps us understand the needs of the population and type and spread of health and social care services that will bring the greatest benefit.

To carry out the assessment we gathered information from staff and residents of Deeside & Upper Donside about the services they have used, how they feel about them and what is important to them. The information you provided will help us plan for the future by better understanding how people access the services we already provide, what services may be needed and how people would prefer us to deliver them. It is important to ensure the precious resources available are used in the best way: to provide the most effective, sustainable and ‘fit for the future’ health and social care services.