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Adult social care
- Support in your home
- Care homes and housing
- Adult safeguarding
- Paying for care
- Carers
- Adult disability and sensory loss
- Care assessments
- The Care Act in Gateshead
- Policies and strategies
- Getting out and about
- Adult social care commissioned services
- Emergency Duty Team (EDT)
- Someone to speak on my behalf
- Tell us your views
Policies and strategies
In this section you can learn about our main plans and strategies that help guide our work and our work with partners in delivering social care and health services across the borough.
Adult Social Care
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) helps us to understand the key issues facing people in Gateshead and is used to identify key strategic priorities to improve the health and wellbeing of our population. The key ongoing challenges and emerging issues to health and wellbeing in Gateshead are presented across the life course.