15th Inter Island Public Health Forum
Alice Suite, Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar
Thursday 18th October – Saturday 20 October 2018
PROGRAMME
Thursday 18th October 2018
Morning Session
08:30 Registration and coffee.
09:15 Welcome: Dr. Vijay Kumar, Director of Public Health, Gibraltar.
09:30 Inaugural Address by the Minister for Health: Hon Neil F Costa MP, Minister for Health, Care and Justice, Government of Gibraltar.
10:20 Discussion.
10:40 Coffee.
11:00 SESSION ONE : Healthy Environments
Chair : Dr Paul Bingham, Public Health Physician (Retd) Isle of Wight.
11:25 Plastic in the Marine Environment: Mr Lewis Stagnetto, Marine Biologist, Gibraltar.
11:45 Tracking the Tiger in Gibraltar: Mr Kevin Desoisa, Senior Environmental Health Officer, Gibraltar.
12:05 Lyme Disease: Dr Maggie Watts, Director of Public Health, Western Isles.
12:25 Discussion.
12:40 Lunch.
Afternoon Session
13:45 SESSION TWO : Public Health in Healthcare
Chair : Dr Vijay Kumar, Director of Public Health, Gibraltar.
14:20 The Family Approach to Diabetes prevention: Ms Julie Parker, Specialist Nurse in Diabetes, Gibraltar.
15:00 Discussion.
15:15 Coffee and briefing on site visits.
15:30 Bus leaves for site visits :
WATER: Water Supply plant.
ENERGY: LNG Power station.
AIR: Air Monitoring Station.
CULTURE: Gibraltar Museum.
17:30 Bus returns to Caleta Hotel.
End of working day.
Friday 19th October 2018
Morning Session
09:00 SESSION THREE : Managing Addictions
Chair : Ms Emily Lopez, Health Promotion Officer, Gibraltar.
09:45 I Can Quit: Ms Therese Lynetta Burrell Prehay, Health Promotion Officer, Cayman Islands.
10:25 Discussion.
10:40 Coffee.
11:00 SESSION FOUR : Improving Public Health
Chair : Ms Daya Dewfall, Health Promotion Officer, Gibraltar.
11:45 CHAMP and CHAMPiniños: Dr Annie Dai, Consultant Paediatrician, Gibraltar.
12:05 The Giant Inflatable Colon Tour: Dr Maggie Watts, Director of Public Health, Western Isles.
12:25 Discussion.
12:40 Lunch.
Afternoon Session
13:45 SESSION FIVE : The Wider Context
Chair : Prof John Middleton, President, Faculty of Public Health.
14:35 Discussion.
14:50 Small States Networks: Dr Susan Turnbull, Medical Officer of Health, Jersey.
15:30 Discussion.
15:40 Coffee.
16:00 SESSION SIX : Assessing Health Needs
Chair : Dr. Susan Turnbull, Medical Officer of Health, Jersey.
16:25 Bourdieu and Island Public Health: Dr Louise Wilson, Director of Public Health, Orkney.
16:45 Epidemiology of Dementia in Gibraltar: Miss Sonal Samtani, PhD Student, University of Gibraltar.
Dr Antonio Marin, Consultant Geriatrician, Gibraltar.
17:05 Discussion.
17:20 End of working day.
Conference Dinner
19:00 Bus leaves Caleta Hotel for Cable Car station.
20:00 Welcome by Minister for Public Health, The Hon Dr John Cortes MBE MP JP CBiol CEnv.
20:30 Dinner followed by After-Dinner address.
23:00 Bus leaves Mons Calpe for Caleta Hotel.
Saturday 20th October 2018
Morning Session
09:00 SESSION SEVEN : Planning and Development
Chair : Ms Daya Dewfall, Health Promotion Officer, Gibraltar.
09:05 A Food and Nutrition Strategy: Mr Martin Knight, Senior Public Health Manager, Jersey.
09:45 Two decades of change: Dr Vijay Kumar, Director of Public Health, Gibraltar.
10:05 Discussion.
10:20 Coffee.
10:40 SESSION EIGHT : Complex Problems in Healthcare
Chair : Ms Sandra Netto, Infection Control Practitioner, Gibraltar.
11:05 Reducing Unintended Teenage Pregnancies: Dr Nicola Brink, Director of Public Health, Guernsey.
11:45 Discussion.
12:00 SESSION NINE : Island Health
Chair : Dr Vijay Kumar, Director of Public Health, Gibraltar.
12:25 Planning for the 15th Forum Conference Plenary.
12:55 Summing up.
13:00 End of Conference.
Posters
The Tick-ing Time Bomb – the incidence of Lyme disease in the Outer Hebrides (2010-2017)
Dr Maggie Watts, Director of Public Health, Western Isles
The Tick Challenge – the Public Health response to Lyme disease in the Outer Hebrides
Dr Maggie Watts, Director of Public Health, Western Isles
New Matron Service introduced in the GHA
Mrs Natasha Cerisola, Matron, St Bernard’s Hospital, Gibraltar.
The Impact of a therapeutic Day Centre for Alzheimer’s Disease in Gibraltar.
Miss Sonal Samtani, PhD Student, University of Gibraltar