South West region - News

• DOH SW Public Health Workforce Strategy Consultation Event 18th June 2012 - Request for comments
  Mike Studden [Chair of the SW Regional Management Board has received an invite to attend the Public Health Workforce Strategy Consultation Event on the 18 June and has accepted the invite representing the SWRMB. He would welcome any comments specifically about EH workforce issues in local government and any issues for those currently working in PCT's or the HPA. Mike will then take these forward into the workshop session on the day.The below details have a link to the DOH document Healthy Lives,Healthy People: Towards a Workforce Strategy for the PH System.
  
  Could you please forward comments directly to Mike Mike.Studden@HPA.org.uk [or I will pass on any I receive gail@gmbspartnership.co.uk]
  
  Background invite on event
  On the 27 March the Department of Health published the ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Towards a workforce strategy for the public health system’ document for consultation. The document sets out a strategic vision for a workforce that will contribute to the future public health system, starting with this first phase of work seeking to understand the current workforce and identify future challenges with particular emphasis on the supply and development of key personnel. The Department of Health are seeking views to help identify and unlock the potential of the people who are responsible for improving the population’s health and wellbeing. The consultation is endorsed by the Local Government Association, which is encouraging local authorities to take part in the consultation.
  To contribute to this process, NHS South of England (West) are holding a consultation event to collect the views of as wide a range of stakeholders as possible. The event will take place at Somerset County Cricket Club in Taunton on the morning of Monday 18 June 2012, finishing with lunch.
  The event will consist of an introductory presentation giving an overview of the proposals followed by facilitated group discussions to explore the consultation questions. Feedback from the event will be collated into a south west report and will be submitted to the Department of Health by the consultation deadline of 29 June 2012.
  
• Student Case Study Events Prior Notice - Further Regional Events Planned End of Year
  Thanks to James,David, Claire and Mark Hardwick [from Petroc College North Devon] together with the facilitators for their help in arranging the two Regional Student Case Events held last month at Weston and Tiverton. We had over 50 attending the two events and good positive feedback. In light of this we are looking to run a further two additional events later in the year [Oct/Nov] together with the ELP/PPP day which is already booked. Likely venues are UWE and one in Devon/Cornwall [to be confirmed].
  
• Notice of initial programme of regional events 2012
  Below is the provisional list of events during the year we are working on. Already we have had to amend the dates slightly to be inclusive but this should provide you with the outline of what we are working on at the moment. The following entry has been sent to the webmaster for inclusion on the website.
  
  We are currently working on a comprehensive programme of regional events across 2012.The current programme is set out below. Further details will be provided as details are finalised. These are open to all members. In addition branch events are also open to all members even if you are not in that branch [please contact the respective branch sec for details and see the branch sections on this website] We aim to provide a range of low cost CPD opportunities across the region and welcome any suggestions for future events.
  
  Provisional programme of SW regional events 2012
  
  March/April - JSNA event and Student Group case study event
  May/June - Sustainability event [late May] and Student Group case study event
  Oct - LARS/ links with LEP's, Student Group case study event and Joint event with C and I Group
  Nov /Dec - ELP/PPP event and SW Regional Housing Seminar.
   
• North West Region Annual Student Conference 2011 - Details of NW Student Conference
  
• SWPHO Health and Wellbeing Bulletin September 2011
  
• Public Health Observatories - Interactive maps and data
  
• Healthy Lives, Healthy People - Our strategy for public health in England
  
• White Paper Consultation Workshop
  
• Report on the SW Public Health White Paper environmental health consultation workshop
  
• View from a Public Health practitioner
  
• Housing seminar presentations - November 2008
  
• Gloucester floods 2007 presentations