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Joint Health Protection Plan 2010-2012

The Public Health Act etc (Scotland) 2008 places a duty on Health Boards and Local Authorities to co-operate and produce a Joint Health Protection Plan 2010-2012.

NHS Grampian works closely with their partners in the Local Authorities and other agencies to deliver services to protect the health of the Grampian population.

Health protection is now the accepted term to describe the work that encompasses the surveillance, investigation, control and prevention of communicable disease and environmental hazards to human health.

The Joint Health Protection Plan (JHPP) (link below) provides an overview of health protection priorities, provision and preparedness for NHS Grampian, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and The Moray Councils as required by the Public Health etc (Scotland) Act 2008.

This is the first Grampian Joint Health Protection Plan and covers the period from 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2012 and has been prepared by NHS Grampian in collaboration with Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and The Moray Councils.

This plan supports the delivery of the Grampian Health Plan 2010-2013 and the Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and the Moray Community Plans.

The main section of the plan describes the national and local priorities for health protection and what actions we plan to take over the next two years.The appendices provide more detail on our planning infrastructure, resources and operational arrangements, capacity and resilience, and public involvement.

The JHHP will be considered and approved by the following NHS and Council Committees:

  • NHS Strategic Management Team
  • Aberdeen City Council Housing and Environment Committee
  • Aberdeenshire Council Infrastructure Service Committee
  • The Moray Council Planning & Regulatory Services Committee

The plan will also be provided for information to:

  • Aberdeenshire Community Health Partnership
  • Moray Community Health and Social Care Partnership

The plan will be signed off by the Director of Public Health and the Chief Officers of Environmental Health for Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and The Moray Council.  The Aberdeen City CHP Committee is asked to note the content of this first Grampian Joint Health Protection Plan.


Chair of Aberdeen City CHP Committee

NHS Grampian have appointed Councillor Bill Howatson as Chair of Aberdeen City CHP Committee.Councillor Howatson is a Non-Executive Member of NHS Grampian Board representing Aberdeenshire Council and brings a wealth of experience to the CHP.

 Councillor Bill Howatson Councillor Bill Howatson

Councillor Bill Howatson is Provost of Aberdeenshire and has served as an elected member since 1999 when he was elected for the Mearns South ward. He is now one of the four members of the Mearns ward.

Bill chairs the North East Agricultural Advisory Group and the North East Fisheries Development Partnership, and is a member of the Nestours board.

As a trained journalist he has worked on daily and weekly newspapers and currently writes for The Press and Journal in Aberdeen and the Dundee Courier. He was agricultural editor of The Press and Journal from 1994 to 1996.  He has served as a main board member of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and as its east regional chairman, and for nine years on the board of Health Scotland (formerly the Health Education Board for Scotland), where he was vice chair from 2002 to 2005.

Bill has also served on the Rail Passenger Committee for Scotland, the east region board of Scottish Natural Heritage, and is currently vice chair of Angus College in Arbroath. He is particularly interested in the role of the board in health improvement.  His hobbies include Scottish history, hill walking and gardening. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies in 2005 in recognition of his contribution to agricultural writing, and is a former Scottish columnist of the year. Married with two daughters he lives near St Cyrus.

 

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