Public Health information

Blackburn with Darwen has a history of successful partnership and integrated working to improve health and wellbeing.

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is the way we try to understand the needs and assets of Blackburn with Darwen and its residents.

The Blackburn with Darwen Health and Wellbeing Board has a statutory duty to complete a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA).

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, personal data is defined as data that relates to a living individual who can be identified:

The 2022/23 Public Health Annual Report is titled "Resilience and Growth - Emerging from COVID-19 as a thriving Blackburn with Darwen"

The VCFS Prevention Partnership aims to enhance and encourage the growth of VCFS Prevention services in Blackburn with Darwen.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is one of the more deprived local authorities in England. Poor oral health is closely linked to deprivation, and this is seen in the data for decayed missing or filled teeth (DFMT) for the Borough.

A three-year strategy has been developed for Blackburn with Darwen to encourage residents to move more, eat well and maintain a healthy weight.