The term ‘Health’ means ‘not just the absence of disease but a state of complete physical, mental and social well being’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines environmental health as being ‘the control of all those factors in a person's physical environment which exercise a deleterious effect on their physical environment, health or survival'.
What we do The role and function of the department is to provide advice and guidance, legislative and administrative control, in order to maintain a safe and healthy environment in compliance with public health regulations and standards in line with the Public Health Service business plan.
In short we strive to ensure a positive impact on the key determinants out of health and improve the quality of life of those living and visiting Jersey.
The Department's Mission Statement is as follows:
'To protect, and achieve a positive change in, the health and well-being of the people in Jersey.'
Aims
1. To protect the health and quality of life of individuals and communities.
2. Influence the decision making process of others on health related issues.
3. Improve health and well-being though research, dissemination of information, explanation and advice.
4. Continue to develop and maintain an adequately resourced, customer focused service.
Objectives
1. To protect health
a) Ensuring compliance with existing legislation.
b) Investigating complaints and responding to requests for service.
c) Monitoring health related environmental issues.
d) Prevention and control of infectious diseases.
e) Identifying the need for further health protection legislation.
2. Influencing others
a) Establishing strategic partnerships with health protections stakeholders.
b) Co-ordinating and facilitating health protection related policies and programmes.
c) Adopting a framework of health impact assessment for suitable projects.
3. Health advice
a) Setting priorities for Island-wide health protection policies.
b) Providing information through a variety of media.
c) The provision of targeted training courses.
d) Promoting research into health protection related issues.
4. Provision of resources
a) Prioritise work to meet customer needs.
b) Investing in the continued development of staff.
c) Provision of a system for the management of information.
d) Provision of suitable and sufficient technical resources.
The Health Protection Department is headed up by Stephen D Smith and is divided into three main sections:
Public Protection
Team Leader – Valerie Cameron
Environmental Health Officers: Kirsty Walker (West),
Laura Smith & Michelle Scriminger (Job Share) (East)
Health Protection Technicians: Gary Burwood (West), Steve Sands (East)
Deal with:
Alcohol Licensing |
Children’s Nurseries |
Food Complaints / Hazard warnings |
Food Hygiene Inspections |
Food Hygiene Training Co-ordination (in conjunction with Highlands College) |
Food Labelling |
Food Premises Registration / Inspection |
Infectious Disease Control |
Nuisances originating from Food Premises (eg noise / odours) |
Places of Refreshment Licensing |
Port Health |
Sampling (food, milk) |
Sanitary Accommodation standards |
Swimming Pool Inspections |
Tattooing and Skin Piercing Registration (inc Electrolysis/semi permanent make up) |
Unfit food / Food destruction certificates |
Community Health
Team Leader – Andrew Pritchard
Environmental Health Officers: Alan Irving (West)
Derek Binet (East)
Health Protection Technicians: John Fail (West)
Steve Andrews (East)
Robert Wareing-Jones (Tobacco Control Officer)
Deal with:
Air Quality |
Contaminated Land |
Drinking water sampling, in relation to Pollution investigations
(NB. Domestic water sampling now done by the States Analyst tel: 448750 |
Entertainment Panel Licensing (through the Bailiff’s Office) |
Exhumations |
Filthy and Verminous Premises |
Health-based environmental monitoring (radioactivity and air quality) |
Housing – disrepair and unfit for habitation |
Noise (Domestic premises / commercial non-food premises) |
Nuisances eg noise (Domestic premises / commercial non-food premises) |
Priority Re-Housing on Health Grounds |
Private Drainage |
Radon and Radiation |
Staff Accommodation and Lodging Houses |
Registration & Inspection
Registration and Inspection Manager – Christine Blackwood
Registration and Inspection Officers: Brian Butterworth
Kate Hocquard (Health Protection Nurse)
Administration: Sally Hazely (part time)
Amanda Bates (part time)
Deal with
Inspection / Registration of Care Homes |
Registration of Healthcare Professionals |
Applications for Housing on Health Grounds |
Inspection / registration of Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres |
The department works closely with key areas of the Health Protection Agency in England such as Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division (London), HPA regional centre (South West), Communicable Disease Centre (Colindale).
The Department is a participant in (TRAMP) terrestrial radiological monitoring programme and radioactivity in food and the environment led by CEFAS
For more information please refer to the resources section of this page for Health Protection's Service Plan
Contact details
Le Bas Centre, St Saviour's Road, St Helier, JE1 4HR
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1534 443712
Fax: 00 44 (0) 1534 443720
