Specialisms and expertise of representatives from Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland on UK IPC Cell
Dear Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland,
NHS England advise that I should contact you for this information as they do not hold it themselves. I would like to know the following please:
The expertise and/or specialisms of the members and advisors from PHANI of the UK IPC Cell. I do not require their names or individual details , but I would like to know what their expertise is.
I would like to know how many there are of each of the following there are:
(a) infectious diseases doctors or nurses?
(b) virologists?
(c) public health officials?
(d) epidemiologists?
(e) health service managers?
(f) occupational or air hygienists
(g) aerosol scientists
(h) natural ventilation engineers
(i) mechanical ventilation engineers
(j) are there other specialisms from PHANI on the UK IPC Cell which are not mentioned above, and if so what specialisms are they and how many people are in each?
(k) what is the total number of experts from PHANI who are members and/or advisors of the IPC Cell?
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Fluxman
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