South West Public Health Observatory

Web sites with a bearing on the work of the Public Health Observatory and public health in general. See also the SWPHO occasional bulletin of web links.

  Evidence Base for Public Health                                                                   

  Key Reports                                                                                                   

Health Minister details front-line focus for public health  
 
Tackling Health Inequalitie s: c onsultation on a plan for delivery Chief Medical Officer's report into Strengthening the Public Health Function  

 
Response to Select Committee by the Minister for Public Health, Yvette Cooper

  Key National Organisations                                                                        

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions  
Economic and Social Research Council  
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)  
National Radiological Protection Board
Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene & Society of Public Health  
United Kingdom Public Health Association (UKPHA)  

  Key Local Organisations                                                                                         

We will attempt to keep this section as up-to-date as possible during this period of organisational change. Please let us know of any changes or new addresses that we may have missed.  

Primary Care Trusts
Primary Care Trusts (map)
Government Office for the South West  
Environment Agency  
Local Councils in the South West  
South West England Regional Development Agency
South West R&D Directorate
University of the West of England Air quality management

South West Regional Public Health & Health Promotion Networks
Avon Surveillance System for Sexually Transmitted Infections (ASSIST)

Avon Public Health Network

 Discussion Groups 

public-health mailing list
public-health-intelligence mailing list

The Public Health Observatory is part of the South West Observatory, a wider Regional intelligence function, currently supported by the Department of Healththe South West Regional Assembly, Government Office South West, the South West of England Regional Development Agency and the Environment Agency.