PHT June 2011_Jan 10 - UK Faculty of Public Health
PHT June 2011_Jan 10 - UK Faculty of Public Health
PHT June 2011_Jan 10 - UK Faculty of Public Health
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ENDNOTES<br />
From the CEO<br />
WE ARE at this time experiencing a<br />
period <strong>of</strong> unprecedented change for<br />
both FPH and public health as a whole.<br />
Lindsey Davies has already covered the<br />
developments surrounding the white<br />
paper earlier in this edition – from an<br />
FPH internal perspective this has meant<br />
that we have had to work within a<br />
reducing forecast income, both from<br />
membership subscriptions but also in<br />
the availability <strong>of</strong> grants that FPH has<br />
enjoyed in recent years.<br />
As you may know, we are currently in<br />
the process <strong>of</strong> an internal restructure,<br />
which for any organisation is a time <strong>of</strong><br />
great stress and anxiety. The Trustees,<br />
staff and <strong>of</strong>ficers have worked over the<br />
past months to ensure that FPH (and<br />
the future Royal College) are fit for<br />
purpose, sustainable and meet the core<br />
functions while operating within our<br />
charitable objectives.<br />
We were fortunate to secure the<br />
services <strong>of</strong> PricewaterhouseCoopers on<br />
a pro-bono basis to externalise the<br />
initial parts <strong>of</strong> the process and provide a<br />
comprehensive report to the Trustees at<br />
their meeting in May. Development and<br />
consultation has taken place since then<br />
with the help <strong>of</strong> the union Unite and<br />
FPH staff.<br />
As I write this, we are currently in the<br />
review period before releasing the<br />
agreed future structure <strong>of</strong> FPH. This will<br />
be followed by a programme <strong>of</strong> internal<br />
interviewing until the new structure is<br />
populated. I hope by the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
summer that we have the new<br />
framework in place and have fully<br />
recruited for all the vacancies.<br />
It is hoped that the new operational<br />
It is hoped that the<br />
new operational<br />
structure will<br />
reduce costs by<br />
‘around 20%<br />
structure will reduce costs by around<br />
20% – this <strong>of</strong> course will mean new<br />
ways <strong>of</strong> working, and changes to what<br />
the membership may expect from FPH.<br />
As if this isn’t enough, we are also<br />
going through extensive renovation at<br />
Number 4 – new carpets, curtains and<br />
decoration.<br />
We have strived to maintain the level<br />
<strong>of</strong> support to members and the team at<br />
Number 4 have worked extremely hard<br />
during a period <strong>of</strong> great uncertainty. I<br />
do hope that I can ask for your patience<br />
and understanding during this period <strong>of</strong><br />
change – something that I know many<br />
<strong>of</strong> you will be going through yourselves.<br />
Paul Scourfield<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
‘<br />
Food that’s too<br />
good to waste<br />
HARD evidence now shows that educating<br />
young people about the benefits <strong>of</strong> a<br />
healthy diet can change eating habits.<br />
The Food for Life Partnership aims to<br />
encourage pupils and their parents to eat<br />
healthy food and to learn how to cook it<br />
and grow it themselves. Some 3,600<br />
schools have joined the scheme.<br />
But cuts to school meal budgets and a<br />
U-turn on cooking in the curriculum could<br />
have a dramatic effect on childhood<br />
obesity. Director Libby Grundy said: “Just<br />
as the programme looks as if it has<br />
reached the tipping point in terms <strong>of</strong><br />
making a cultural shift, our good work<br />
could be undone.”<br />
FPH and the Food for Life Partnership are<br />
hosting a free conference on the subject in<br />
London on <strong>June</strong> 22. Speakers include<br />
schools minister Sarah Teather and the<br />
chair is The Food Programme’s Sheila<br />
Dillon. Email nmoseley@soilassociation.org<br />
or call 0117 987 4582 to book a place.<br />
In memoriam<br />
Dr Annette Rawson OBE FFCM<br />
1930 – 20<strong>10</strong><br />
ANNETTE Rawson trained at St Mary’s<br />
Hospital Medical School (one <strong>of</strong> the first<br />
women to do so) and had just been<br />
appointed as the first female consultant<br />
physician at Queen Elizabeth Hospital<br />
Birmingham when she was struck down by<br />
a neurological illness which left her totally<br />
deaf. Instead she became a civil servant at<br />
the Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> & Social<br />
Security, rising to Senior Medical Officer<br />
with lead responsibility for developing and<br />
coordinating services for people with<br />
disabilities. In 1973 she produced a seminal<br />
report, Deafness: Report <strong>of</strong> a Departmental<br />
Enquiry into the Promotion <strong>of</strong> Research,<br />
which helped to shape government policy<br />
for years to come.<br />
Dr Rawson was a founder member <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> Community Medicine (now<br />
FPH) and, as a keen champion <strong>of</strong> lipreading<br />
and lip-speaking, took an active<br />
part in the <strong>Faculty</strong>’s affairs. She was<br />
awarded the OBE in 1990.<br />
Deceased<br />
members<br />
The following members have also<br />
passed away:<br />
Dr JE Asvall<br />
Dr Derek Edward Cullington<br />
Dr Ian Hayes Fyfe Murray<br />
Dr Kenneth Michael Parry<br />
JUNE <strong>2011</strong> 17