Health Impact Assessment

Balancing risks/hazards is difficult

TRANSPARENT

SOCIAL/’POLITICAL’ PROCESS

HA’s need to earn credibility

STRENGTHS

- disease aetiology - POSITIVES

review methods ; ; ; (IPPC)

- monitoring and evaluation

(responsibility for population health long term )

- Human Rights Act: driver for LA’s

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Not enough flexible capacity

- Pool resources? Regional unit / Local skills

- Identified people (if disaster plans)

- Better information

- Wide range of skills

- Who are the public?

- Need to get this work at right level LSP’s / sub regional

- Can’t see policies in isolation, must be multi-agency, but realistic

 CAPACITY

COMMITMENT – POSITIVE WING

IPPC is a shark eating HIA