Health Protection

A high level expert health protection strategy group, chaired by Eileen O'Meara, Director of Public Health for Halton, ensures a safe and resilient system and supports local authorities in their quality assurance role.

Key priorities of the Health Protection strategy are:

Improved preparedness for prevention and control of influenza in care homes with a view to limiting transition and lower morbidity and mortality rates.
Clear arrangements for the delivery of screening and immunisation services via improved communication with stakeholders and improved uptake rates
Establish a Cheshire and Merseyside wide air quality forum and strengthen the air quality network
Implement Antimicrobial Resistence (AMR) mapping survey

For more information about this group please e-mail helenkendall@wirral.gov.uk

Useful Resources:

Major Incidents Resources: ADPH

ADPH has published two documents for Director's of Public Health in the event of a major incident: a ‘checklist’ with potential actions and some guidance on mutual aid. These resources were created by an ADPH task-and-finish group. They are available to download here

PHE Air pollution tool

PHE have published a new report and an air pollution tool to estimate health care costs. You can read the report and view the tool at the link here

Bulletins

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - April 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - May 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - June 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - July 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - August 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - September 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - November 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - December 2018

Cheshire & Merseyside AMR bulletin - January 2019