South West Public Health Tutorial Programme
Non-communicable disease health protection, 10^th September 2009, Room LG 03, Canynge Hall, Bristol BS8 2PS

 

Summary of the proposed day

 

Aim:

 

To provide an overview of health protection practice as it relates to non-communicable disease issues.

 

Objectives:

• To understand the role of health protection in public health practice

• To understand the practicalities of dealing with non-communicable disease aspects of health protection

• To understand the set-up and practices of the organisations whose role include the provision of health protection services in the UK

• To understand how to obtain help and support when dealing with non-communicable disease aspects of health protection

NB:

 

We are hoping the last part of the day will be an informal question and answer session during which we could discuss issues around chemicals and radiation that have arisen as a result of work or exams.

 

To make the day more productive, we would be grateful if trainees could send Maya and Ada questions about non-communicable disease health protection that they would like us to discuss in advance by 5pm Monday 7^th of September so we can try and find answers to your questions.

 Draft programme

 

Activity	Start	Speaker(s)
Tea/coffee	09:15
Welcome and housekeeping	09:45	Maya
Health protection overview	10:00	Maya
HPA - Structure and functions	10:15	Ada
Scenario 1 (“Blue powder incident”)	10:45	Ada/Maya
Tea/coffee	11.30
Scenario 2 (“3 white bottles”)	11:45	Ada/Maya
Round-up of the morning	12:30	Ada/Maya
Lunch	12.45
CHaPD – role of the Environmental Health and Risk Assessment Unit	13:30	Mike Studden
Scenario 3 (Environmental Risk Assessment/Environmental permits)	14:00	Mike Studden
Tea/Coffee	14.45
Chemical and radiation queries from trainees	15:00	All
Summary and close	15.30

 

Prepared by Maya Gobin and Ada Bennett