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Tutorial: Health Protection and Screening/immunisations

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09.30 – 09.45	Tea & coffee on arrival
09.45 – 09.50	Welcome and overview of the day	Catherine Falconer Specialty Registrar in Public Health
09.50 – 12.10	Health Protection interactive exercise: a system-wide approach to health protection   Exploring the roles and functions of different partners in responding to a health protection incident   [To include tea and coffee break]	Mike Wade Deputy Director of Health Protection, PHE South West   Dominic Mellon Consultant in Public Health/Health Protection, South Gloucestershire Council/PHE South West
12.10 – 13.00	Training programme open forum	Training programme team
13.00 – 13.30	Lunch (not provided)
13.30 – 14.15	Health Protection: wrap up, updates and Q&A	Mike Wade Deputy Director of Health Protection, PHE South West
14.15 – 14.30	Tea and coffee break
14.30 – 15.15	Screening and immunisation part 1: general update	Ardiana Gjini Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Screening and Immunisation Lead: Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire, PHE/NHS England
15.15 – 15.45	Screening and immunisation part 2: management of serious incidents	Ardiana Gjini Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Screening and Immunisation Lead: Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire, PHE/NHS England
15.45	Close

 

 

Aim of the Tutorial:

• To improve understanding of the wider system of health protection, including civil and public protection delivered by the Local Authority, including the wider system of Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR)

• The following areas are likely to be covered:

-  Role and functions of Health Protection in Local Authorities

-  Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and duties of Category 1 and 2 organisations

-  Functions/Terms of Reference of the Local Resilience Forum and Local Health Resilience Partnership

-  Risk assessment process in relation to emergencies including knowledge of the Community and National Risk Registers and hazard identification

-  Risk communication in an EPRR context and wider communication strategies

-  Command and control arrangements including strategic, tactical and operational levels, their functions and how they are coordinated

-  Role/functions of the Scientific Technical Advisory Cell (STAC)

-  Role / functions of agencies who will be involved in response and recovery following an incident e.g. Environment Agency, Food Standards Agency, Animal & Plant Health Agency

-  Incident declaration and escalation process

• To update knowledge and understanding of current developments in immunisation and screening
• To improve understanding of the management of serious incidents in screening and immunisation

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