Primary Care Public Health Nursing Service
  Public Health Nursing Service
 

Scope of Public Health Nursing Services

Public health nurses in the Department of Health may be deployed to the following health services to deliver related public health nursing services:

I.                Preventive and promotive health services across the life span

Family Health Service

Child Assessment Service

Clinical Genetic Service
          Student Health Service

Elderly Health Service

 

II.              Health protection services under the Centre for Health Protection

A.    Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch

 Epidemiology Section

 School Immunisation Teams

 Central Health Education Unit

 Community Liaison Division 

B.    Infection Control Branch

C.    Public Health Services Branch

 Social Hygiene Service

 Special Preventive Programme

 Tuberculosis and Chest Service

D.    Programme Management & Professional Development Branch

 Programme Management Division

 

III.            Other public health services:

Professional Development and Quality Assurance

Tobacco Control Office

Port Health Office

Food Incidents Response and Management Unit

Occupational Health Service

Office for Registration of Healthcare Institutions

 

 
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Last Updated: 27 October 2009