DHF Annual Report 2009 - NT Health Digital Library - Northern ...
DHF Annual Report 2009 - NT Health Digital Library - Northern ... DHF Annual Report 2009 - NT Health Digital Library - Northern ...
Public Health ServicesEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental Health (EH) acts to prevent and control physical, chemical, biologicaland radiological agents in the environment from adversely affecting human health.EH services include environmental health standards development, statutory surveillanceand enforcement, complaint resolution, community environmental health education andadvice, waste management, food and water safety, radiation protection and poisons control.2008-09Actual2009-10Budget2009-10RevisedBudget2009-10ActualOutputOutputcost($’000) 5 263 5 119 5 619 5 764Performance Measure2008-09Actual2009-10Estimate2009-10Actual2010-11EstimateQuantityRegulatory compliance activities 1 9 544 9 600 9 939 9 700QualityPremises achieving a satisfactorystandard of compliance withenvironmental health legislation 2within 28 days of receiving legalnotice 3 100% 100% 100% 100%TimelinessEnvironmental health complaintsinvestigations initiated within oneworking day of notification 91% 92% 92% 95%1 Regulatory compliance activities include premises inspections, issue of licences,registrations and legal notices, complaint investigations, food sampling, radiationequipment inspections, processing of development and building applications, septicsystem activities (for example, vector and vermin monitoring).2 Environmental health legislation consists of the Food Act, Public Health Act,Notifiable Diseases Act, Radiation (Safety Control) Act and Poisons and DangerousDrugs Act and regulations subordinate to each.3 Legal notices are those which relate to issues of imminent or actual public healthrisk, and require the owner to carry out alterations, repairs and general improvementworks to ensure the health of the public. These notices usually require theowner/occupier to carry out this work in a set timeframe and require at least anotherinspection to check compliance with the notice.148Department Health and Families
Regulatory Compliance ActivitiesThe performance measures above, when compared to the level of activity in the previousyear, show: there was an overall increase of 3.5% in activities in 2009-10 (9939) compared to there was a slight decrease (8%) in the number of licences, registrations and the number of public health complaints received decreased by 14%, continuing the trendset in 2006-07.Figure 12: Environmental Health regulatory and other activities 2007-08 to 2009-10450040003500300025002000150010005000InspectionsLicences,Registrations &AuthorisationsMisc. RegulatoryActivitiesComplaintInvestigationsHealth ProtectionActivitiesHealth Promotion& EHW Activities2007-08 4101 4019 1201 488 617 2492008-09 3698 3996 1200 385 163 1022009-10 4164 3695 1308 338 192 242Inspections comprise inspections of food premises, public health premises, radiation premises and equipment,poisons premises.Licences, Registrations & Authorisations comprise food premises registrations, health premises registrations,radiation licences and registrations, poisons authorisations and registrations, pharmacotherapy authorisations,amphetamine authorisations.Miscellaneous Regulatory Activities comprise issue of legal notices, food sampling and surveys, water andpool sampling, processing of building and development applications, bore construction permits, septic tanksystem activities, water quality activities, therapeutic drug recalls and destructions, food recalls and seizures,legislation and policy development.Complaint Investigations comprise public health and food complaints. Health Protection Activities compriseadult and larval mosquito monitoring.Health Promotion and EHW Activities comprise health promotion/education and Environmental Health Workeractivities.Department Health and Families 149
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Public <strong>Health</strong> ServicesEnvironmental <strong>Health</strong>Environmental <strong>Health</strong> (EH) acts to prevent and control physical, chemical, biologicaland radiological agents in the environment from adversely affecting human health.EH services include environmental health standards development, statutory surveillanceand enforcement, complaint resolution, community environmental health education andadvice, waste management, food and water safety, radiation protection and poisons control.2008-09Actual<strong>2009</strong>-10Budget<strong>2009</strong>-10RevisedBudget<strong>2009</strong>-10ActualOutputOutputcost($’000) 5 263 5 119 5 619 5 764Performance Measure2008-09Actual<strong>2009</strong>-10Estimate<strong>2009</strong>-10Actual2010-11EstimateQuantityRegulatory compliance activities 1 9 544 9 600 9 939 9 700QualityPremises achieving a satisfactorystandard of compliance withenvironmental health legislation 2within 28 days of receiving legalnotice 3 100% 100% 100% 100%TimelinessEnvironmental health complaintsinvestigations initiated within oneworking day of notification 91% 92% 92% 95%1 Regulatory compliance activities include premises inspections, issue of licences,registrations and legal notices, complaint investigations, food sampling, radiationequipment inspections, processing of development and building applications, septicsystem activities (for example, vector and vermin monitoring).2 Environmental health legislation consists of the Food Act, Public <strong>Health</strong> Act,Notifiable Diseases Act, Radiation (Safety Control) Act and Poisons and DangerousDrugs Act and regulations subordinate to each.3 Legal notices are those which relate to issues of imminent or actual public healthrisk, and require the owner to carry out alterations, repairs and general improvementworks to ensure the health of the public. These notices usually require theowner/occupier to carry out this work in a set timeframe and require at least anotherinspection to check compliance with the notice.148Department <strong>Health</strong> and Families
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