North West London Health Protection Unit
The Health Protection Unit (HPU) provides specialist health protection advice as well as operational support on all health protection matters to NHS trusts, local authorities, community health services (including schools and social services), and the general public. The local authority and Primary Care Trust (PCT) areas served by the Unit are listed on our areas covered page.
The HPU is responsible for the following functions:
- Surveillance and analysis of trends in communicable disease
- Liaison with key stakeholders involved in control of infectious disease
- Prevention, investigation, and control of health protection incidents including the prevention, investigation and control of outbreaks and incidents involving communicable diseases, chemical, radiological and other environmental hazards
- Chemical, biological and radiological incident planning and management
- Provision of advice and support to PCTs, local authorities, hospital and primary care staff and the public on health protection issues
- Infection Control advice and support to nursing and residential homes and schools
- Acting as the 'proper officer' in relation to public health legislation
- Advise the local PCTs on commissioning services to prevent, control and treat infection
- Support the development and implementation of prevention and health promotion programmes
- Teaching and training of local health professionals in health protection
North West London Health Protection Unit
Health Protection Agency
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
Tel: 020 8327 7181
Fax: 020 8327 7206
Out of hours phone number:
01895 238282
email: nwlhpu.oncall@hpa.org.uk
To contact a public health doctor in an emergency out of hours; in the evenings, at weekends or during bank holidays, please phone:
Tel: 01895 238282
Last reviewed: 3 March 2008