Public health professionals' perceptions toward provision of health protection in England: a survey of expectations of Primary Care Trusts and Health Protection Units in the delivery of health protection

Cosford, Paul A; O'Mahony, Mary; Angell, Emma; Bickler, Graham; Crawshaw, Shirley; Glencross, Janet; Horsley, Stephen S; McCloskey, Brian; Puleston, Richard; Seare, Nichola; Tobin, Martin D

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-297

Table 2 Percentage of respondents expressing confidence * in the safe delivery of particular health protection functions amongst respondents with PCT, HPU, SHA and RDHPA roles.

From: Public health professionals' perceptions toward provision of health protection in England: a survey of expectations of Primary Care Trusts and Health Protection Units in the delivery of health protection

	Respondent
Health protection function	All	PCT role	HPU role	SHA role	RDHPA †
Handling of a single meningitis case during normal working hours	97	97	100	91	100
Handling of a single meningitis case out of normal working hours	91	90	96	89	100
Establish/ensure effective operation of outbreak control team for 3 linked meningococcal cases	94	93	97	95	100
Establish/ensure effective operation of outbreak control team for 4 community legionnaires' cases.	92	91	100	90	100
Improving uptake of MMR vaccine in under 2 year olds.	74	77	67	59	71
Immunisation training programs for primary care staff	75	79	70	55	43
MMR vaccination programme for university students in response to a large mumps outbreak	75	77	69	68	57
Infection control & reduction of healthcare acquired infections in primary care premises	67	72	55	41	67
Infection control and reduction of healthcare acquired infections in private sector nursing homes	51	53	57	32	33
Infection control & reduction of healthcare acquired infections in community hospitals	73	78	64	44	71
Development of a local strategy for improving sexual health	69	74	60	50	33
Monitoring rates of sexually transmitted infections	60	61	67	50	43
Organisation of the rota for out of hours health protection arrangements	86	86	87	85	100
Factory fire with release of harmful chemicals during normal working hours	82	83	77	82	86
Factory fire with release of harmful chemicals out of normal working hours.	72	74	69	58	67
Managing an outbreak of tuberculosis in a secondary school.	90	89	93	95	100
Investigating an apparent cluster of congenital anomalies attributed in media reports to a nearby landfill site	60	62	57	52	50
Managing a look-back exercise in response to a surgeon carrying hepatitis C	83	80	92	90	100

* the proportion of respondents stating that they were "confident all of the time" or "confident most of the time".
† Percentages in RDHPA column are based on only seven subjects and should therefore be interpreted with caution.

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