Conferences and Workshops

National Multiagency Workshop on Managing Large Outbreaks of Gastrointestinal Disease in Prisons, October 2010

A multiagency workshop on managing outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease in prisons took place on 11th October 2010 and successfully brought together health care managers, nurses and health practitioners from prisons across the country. The aim of this exercise was to raise awareness among prison staff of the threat and consequences of gastrointestinal outbreaks by using scenarios and role plays that cover the steps of managing such outbreaks. Offender Health encourage prisons, in partnership with local NHS and HPA teams, to use the materials provided below to run training events locally to ensure that we are as prepared as possible for any future outbreaks or incidents.

Exercise Documentation

The following documents are provided for the Facilitator:

Guidance Handbook (PDF, 116 KB)
Suggested Programme (in the guidance handbook)
Agenda (in the guidance handbook)
GI outbreaks (Appendix 9 (PDF, 138 KB))
Presentations:
- Command and Control (PDF, 56 KB)
- Outbreak Investigation (PDF, 463 KB)
Press Questions (in the guidance handbook)
Evaluation form (Word Document, 42 KB)

The following documentation should be given to the Participants as required:

Scenario for each block; to be given to each individual (Participants version (PDF, 86 KB))

The National Prison Conference, September 2010

The National Prison Conference was held at Newbold Revel Prison Training College on 28th September 2010. This was the third successful conference of its kind and brought together prison officers and health care staff from around the country.

The conference was well attended with much networking, discussion and interesting presentations on topics such as sexual health and prisoner involvement health programmes.

Presentations:

Infection Inside - PSC Newbold Revel November 2008

Last reviewed: 3 April 2012