ADPH Annual Conference Origins, Environment and Future

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ADPH Annual ConferenceOrigins, Environment and
Future

• Frank Atherton
• September 2009

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Who/What are we?

• History
• Metropolitan Association of Medical Officers of
  Health (1856)
• 1989 ADPH
• 2005 Constitution
• 2006 DH funding for modernisation
• Aim (What we do)
• Lobbying and Campaigning Body
• Mutual support and knowledge sharing
• Business Plan 2007 -2010

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Environment

• Mixed Perceptions on ADPH and its role/function
• Fit between PH organisations
• Strong demand for DPH input/voice
• Are DsPH (and is public health) leading the
  agenda?
• Organisational Maturity

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Current Preoccupations
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• O would some power the giftie gie us to see
  ourselves as others see us.
• Robert Burns, Poem "To a Louse" - verse
  8Scottish national poet (1759 - 1796)

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Effective PH Teams
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Organising Ourselves
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Wheres our Voice?
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Do we pick the right fights?
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Future

• Business Plan 2010 2013
• What should we continue to do?
• Are there new things we should do?
• What should we stop doing?

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ADPH Mission

• To maximise the effectiveness and impact of
  Directors of Public Health as Public Health
  Leaders

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Three Aspirations

• Strong and visible leadership
• Collective Action
• Positioning and voice

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What/how will we deliver?

• Policy Protocol/Workshops
• ADPH spokespersons
• Regular surveys DPH views
• Definition of PH offer
• DPH development programme
• Peer Support

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