The Health Protection Team focuses on protecting the public from infectious diseases and environmental hazards
The Health Protection Team focus on:
- Protecting the public from being exposed to communicable disease and environmental hazards which damage their health
- Limiting impact on health when such exposures have already occurred
Co-ordination of immunisation programmes - Co-ordination of of blood borne virus services and programmes
- Co-ordination of national screening programmes.
For more information visit the Health Protection Team pages of the Public Health webpage. For more advice about various infections, please visit the Public Health Information page.