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First Contact Practitioner – Communicable Diseases Workshop

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20th July 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Aim: To highlight the support available from the Health Protection Team (HPT) available for primary care clinicians in the management of communicable diseases and the management of notifiable diseases. The session will focus on the list of notifiable diseases in the UK, methods of reporting based on their potential health impacts to others and advice and management of communicable diseases by HPT following the initial notification.

This Workshop will be led by Sammer Tang, Specialist Registrar in Public Health, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.

Sammer is a HCPC-registered Paramedic, NMC-registered Nurse (Adult), Independent Prescriber and Public Health Lead for the College of Paramedics. Following 15 years in various clinical and managerial roles in the NHS and Civil Service in England, Sammer joined the South West Public Health Training Programme in 2019 and Sammer is currently a Specialist Registrar in Public Health (ST4) with the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (South East). Additionally, Sammer is practising clinically as an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner in the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

 

Details

Date:
20th July 2023
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Venue

Virtual

Organisers

Lily Dixon
Sammer Tang
South West Primary Care Academy
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