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JIGSAWNEWS NISummer 2013 Issue 5
A Monthl Newsletter on Public Health for EHPs in Northern Ireland and Be ond
Well this summer is proving a great
advert for the benefits of physical activity
even if its only the feel good factor
produced by Andy Murray winning
Wimbledon and the British Lions tour
victory in Australia. Hopefully both will
get more kids out there playing sport as
statistics on childhood obesity continue to
be concerning. A recent study in Wales
found 28% of under fives were
overweight. Sir David Nicholsons bleak
prediction that the NHS budget wasfacing a 20billion funding gap is another
alarming statistic. Presented with that
type of information most peoples reaction
is to think of what needs to be cut to save
money. A recent national radio phone-in
concentrated on the usual suspects,
cosmetic treatments, missed
appointments and unused drugs and
while these all play a small part it does
seem we are still missing the point. With
the Government admitting poor air
quality costs up to 20 billion and other
figures showing that Housing
enforcement saves 0.6 billion every
year controlling the wider determinants
of health is surely the answer to long
term survival for the NHS. Quite why this
message isnt getting a wider audience is
a mystery. Directors of Public Health are
doing their best but its services such as
Environmental Health that need to start
speaking up while they still can. The
statistics are all there all we need to do ispresent them in front of the right people,
Simples!
Pete & Sarah
Simples!
CIEH Annual Meeting
Particulates Linked With Lung
Threat to Health Statistics
Research based on statistics from nine European countries has
concluded that air pollution even at levels below WHO guidelines
can increase the risk of lung cancer. Results showed that for every
increase of 5g/m3 in PM2.5 levels the risk of lung cancer rose by
18%. The study covered over 313,000 people 2,095 of them being
diagnosed with lung cancer over a 13 year period. Scientists found
no link between the disease and nitrogen dioxide levels. The news
came as research by the Lancet which combined data from 35 studies
across the world on carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide,
ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) showed there was a
strong link between hospitalisation or death from heart failure and all the
ollutants exce t for ozone.
A programme of cuts being prepared
by the Office of National Statistics
could mean that they will no longer
publish health data. Statistics on
smoking, drinking, teenage
pregnancies and infant mortality arevital to the work of Public Health
Professionals. The ONS is also
looking at its analysis of inequalities
and the official crime survey.
The Time is Now - Social Media for Professionals
10th September 2013
Royal Society For Public Health - London
Book Now: www.rhenvironmental.co.uk
The Annual Meeting of The
Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health
attracted EHPs from across
the country to Chadwick Court
last month. Presentations in
the morning included CIEH
Head of Policy and Education
Tony Lewis and Caroline Day
of consultants Hotfrog
Indicator. There was also a
discussion on the CIEH plans to
launch their own advisory
service in the autumn. The
afternoon programme
consisted of eight workshop
sessions including Jigsaws Social
Media presentation If John Snow
Had Twitter It was a busy day for
us as over the lunch break we
caught up with Chief Executive
Graham Jukes to record an
interview for UK Health Radio. If
you missed it you can download
When Jigsaw Met Graham from
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You can find the CIEHs coverage
of the event including video
footage at
http://www.cieh.org/membership/
annual_meeting.html
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From a background of environmental health, please comment onyour involvement in public health work at he moment.
Work on developing a cross-cutting public health strategic framework tofollow on from the Executives first public health strategy Investing forHealth is crucial in setting the direction for public health over the next10 years. With a focus on the wider determinants of health and drawingupon the work of Sir Michael Marmot on health inequalities, theframework will bring together actions at government level to improvehealth and provide direction for implementation at regional and locallevel.The joint working between the Public Health Agency and localgovernment on health improvement and addressing health inequalities isestablishing relationships and ways of working around agreed themesand priorities for delivery at the local level. Local government reform mayprovide a challenge to the momentum associated with this work but alsoofers new opportunities such as linking into community planning andthe new land use planning role for councils. There are also keydevelopments in policy areas such as the implementation of thelegislation on sunbeds, taking the Tobacco Retailers Bill through the
Assembly and developing a new strategy on home accident prevention.
In your honest opinion, do you think EHOs in NI see public health asa priority?I think the trick here is to remind and re-educate EHPs that everything
they do is public health. May be part of the problem is the term publichealth itself. It isnt a separate discipline or function, whether you areengaged in workplace safety, housing standards, consumer protection,pollution control or food safety, you are seeking to protect the publicshealth, peoples health and wellbeing. Environmental Health is the largestpublic health workforce outside of health and social care.
What would you hope for the Environmental Health profession
involvement with wider Public Health work in the future?
Some fear that local government reform and restructuring may result inEnvironmental Health stafbeing reallocated into new directorates with anarrow focus on delivering regulatory services. What EHPs havedemonstrated time and time again is their ability to see beyondregulation, to make the important linkages and to work with others, bothwithin local government and across a wide range of partnerorganisations, to protect health, improve health and promote wellbeing.My hope would be that this wider contribution continues to be
recognised as a valuable assetand that the members of the professioncontinue to find themselves in roles where they have the freedom to usetheir expertise and knowledge to work with others to better protect and
improve the health of the people in their communities.
Thanks to Nigel McMahon for taking time out to speak to Jigsaw.
This month Jigsaw NI Editor
Anthony McCloskey talks to
Nigel McMahon Chief
Environmental HealthOfficer Department of
Health Social Services &
Public Safety.
In The Spotlight
Council intend to paint dog
dirt and shame owners
It is an issue that causes a real stink, butnow there's a bizarre solution to tacklingdog dirt by spraying it bright pink
The colourful idea by staff at Strabane DistrictCouncil is intended to draw attention to the
problem and remind dog owners of theirresponsibilities.The scheme was launched thisweek in response to pressure from the public
over dog fouling.Council Chairman Ruairi McHugh said therewas a serious message behind the campaign"It is an innovative approach to address a veryserious issue. While Strabane district is noworse than any other area in Northern Ireland,dog fouling is a real concern for our residents."Unfortunately a small minority don't seem toget the message.
"The council has listened to the concerns oflocal people and is adopting a new anddynamic way of addressing it."
Last October a survey by Tidy NI found over aquarter of play areas, parks and sports pitchesacross Northern Ireland were affected byfouling some 38 out of 134 facilities.Thescheme in Strabane involves council staffspraying excrement with pink vegetable paintand erecting signs urging residents to reportthe dog owners.After three or four days, thecouncil's street cleaning team will clear awaythe mess if it has not already been lifted by theoffender.
Closure Orders Issued To
Food Firms
Closure orders were issued in relation to 7
food businesses across the country for
breaches of hygiene laws during June, the
Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)
has confirmed.
Most of the businesses involved had orders
lifted within days. The number of food
businesses issued with enforcement orders
for breaches of hygiene regulations has
increased by 77% in the first half of 2013
compared to the same period last year. A
total of 69 enforcement orders were servedbetween January and June, as opposed to
39 orders in the same period last year.
In The Spotlight
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Housing Research Bulletin
A new information source for
Housing professionals was
launched last month. The
Housing Health International
Research Bulletin can be found
at:www.housinghealth.com
Cases of scurvy and rickets have been on
the rise in parts of the UK where someparents rely on takeaways and microwavemeals to feed the family.
Horsemeat
Report CallsFor More
Testing
Rise in Campylobacter
Fools FSADespite making tackling
Campylobacter one of its major
priorities cases of the illness are
still on the rise.A draft copy of the
annual report by the FSA's chief
scientist, Dr Andrew Wadge, reveals
the officially recorded number of
campylobacter cases in humans last
year was 72,571, an increase of 0.4
per cent from 2011. Its thought that
the actual number of cases could be
up to eight times higher as many
people do not visit their GPs with the
illness. Up to 80% of cases are
thought to be contracted from chicken
with around 65% of chickens sold in
the UK being infected. The FSA is
looking at various methods to try to
stop the increase including blast
chilling and using lactic acid to kill offthe bacteria.
Green Deal Could Lead To Overheating
Academics at the University of Reading have warned that insulation
works carried out under the governments flagship Green Deal could
lead to properties overheating. Professor Chris Goodier warned "If
you are in the wrong type of house, facing the wrong way, in the wrong
street and you don't deal with heat in the right way, it is a problem,"
Previous studies have pointed to the requirement to provide adequate
ventilation to prevent problems with poor indoor air quality and excess
temperatures.
Stress Absence Soars
A recent survey has found that one in
three absences from work are related to
stress or anxiety. Researchers looked at
58,700 fit notes written by GPs
discovering that 35% were for mild to
moderate mental health disorders. Last
year there were 10.4 million days lost to
stress at a cost to the economy of 6.5
billion.With presenteeism also on the
rise, meaning employees coming to
work disengaged, tired, unmotivated
and too stressed to work, businesses
could see these costs rise if they don't
take action.
Back 200 Years as Scurvy &
Rickets Make a Comeback
Dietitians in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, said they were seeing anincrease in both diseases, which were thought to have been consigned tohistory. A recent report has drawn parallels between the start of the creditcrisis and the reduction of vegetable and fruit consumption in the UK. Onaverage each person in Britain is eating 4kg less fruit and vegetables ayear than they were in 2007 a drop of 3%. Dr Mark Temple, of the BritishMedical Associations Public Health Committee, said: Food standards inthe UK are worse now than they were during the rationing during thewar.Rickets is caused by a lack of vitamin D and calcium, and can leadto bone deformities. Scurvy is triggered by vitamin C deficiency, which
causes joint pain and a swelling of the gums.
NHS England is looking to consult withpatients, the public and staff on the
future of the service that recently
celebrated its 65th birthday. A Call to
Action sets out the facts about future
demands on NHS services, how the
budget is currently spent and how
services are delivered. Challenges ahead
include an estimated 20 billion funding
gap, a rise in long term conditions and
an ageing population.
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Stanley Says: In Northern France inAugust 2003, unprecedented high day
and night-time temperatures for a period
of three weeks resulted in 15,000 excess
deaths. The heatwave was responsible for16% of all deaths in England & Wales
that month. As we get older our ability to
regulate temperature decreases. Ten of
the warmest years since records began
have occurred since 2000. The highest
temperature recorded in the UK was
38.5oc on 10th August 2003 at Faversham
in Kent.
Did You Know: The Romans
introduced the first refuse
disposal service to prevent
pollution causing health
problems.
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@StephBullock76: Could
fry an egg on the pavement
it's so hot out there! (Though
I won't test my hypothesis
since it's not sanitary ;))
#DontTryThisAtHome
@C_Barratt_: @EHN_Online
@JigsawPSPH Its about more
than time isn't it? Also about
professional perception,
alignment & recognition. EHPs
do #PH everyday
@CTurbutt: Following advice
at social media seminar
yesterday have created my
professional twitter acc. Hello
to all reading
this.#ciehannualmeeting
I went to see my
doctor today for a
check-up he said
Im lucky.....If Iwas a building Id
be condemned.
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