Welcome to our section on health and wellbeing. It includes the latest official profiles for various aspects of health, as well as links to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) section and a range of indicators mapped on INFORM Somerset.
The site also features a range of Health Profiles, published annually by the Public Health Observatories in England. These provide a snapshot of the health of a local population and highlight potential problems through comparison with regional and national averages. Most profiles are available at county and district level, while those with a more specialised focus are available only for Somerset.
We also produce a series of briefing papers on topical issues such as child poverty and life expectancy.
In summary:-
For more details of health and wellbeing issues facing Somerset, and supporting information, please go to the JSNA page.
Somerset Health Services in Numbers
In 2015 the population of Somerset was estimated to be 545,400, about 15,500 more than at the 2011 Census. This is a rise of nearly 3% - Population projections & estimates