Evidence and Intelligence Led: Neighbourhood Health plans should be informed by evidence and intelligence, to ensure they target local need, reduce health inequalities and support evidence-based interventions. The JSNA should inform this, making use of recent developments to JSNA tools to support neighbourhood health planning (see appendix 1) and ongoing development to address emerging priorities and reporting requirements. Both qualitative and quantitative data and evidence should inform the establishment of local priorities and interventions. Ensuring robust and effective data sharing exist between the NHS, local authorities and wider community partners to support new statutory duties around neighbourhood health will also be critical

Establishing Critical Success Factors: Critical success factors are the essential elements, conditions and activities required to achieve defined objectives. This includes the use of project management principles to establish specific and measurable goals, clarify the roles and responsibilities of different organisations and partners, and ongoing monitoring and refinement. Establishing critical success factors within the neighbourhood health plan will be vital and aligns with an evidence and intelligence led approach

Integration in the Commissioning Cycle: The commissioning cycle refers to the process by which local services are commissioned and planned through the assessment of need, setting of priorities, planning and procuring of services and the monitoring of quality and outcomes, on an ongoing, cyclical basis as set out in figure 1 below. It is vital that the neighbourhood health plan are embedded in the commissioning cycle of health and care organisations and for that the Board is assured that this direct alignment is in place.