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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Faculty of Public Health Conference 2012: Heads up for=0D=0APublic Health:Inspiration, Integration and Innovation=0D=0A=0D=0ATitles are always tricky to choose - they need a hook to catch the eye in a forest of options, yet coherent enough to encompass the range of interests to be attracted. This year's conference has chosen 'Heads up for Public Health: Inspiration, Integration and Innovation'.=0D=0A=0D=0AThe term 'Heads up' has become a popular phrase. It can mean 'get=0D=0Ame up to speed on an issue' or in the world of communications to be alert for intense media interest. Also, some people felt the term implied 'holding your head high' or 'concentrate on what we are doing'. Like a good poetic line, it engenders a range of meanings that I hope inspires people to come to the Faculty Conference.=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Faculty Conference is a gathering of the community of public health in Scotland in its widest sense, (and hopefully supplemented by many others from beyond the border.) The conference provides the setting for the public health community to share work and experiences and in that way give or receive inspiration for our professional development over the coming year.=0D=0A=0D=0AThe theme of integration is particularly topical. Within Scottish=0D=0Apublic health, two reports will be published where current integrated=0D=0Aarrangements around Boards will be challenged; the 'Health Protection Stocktake', set up by Scottish Government and the 'New Ways of Working' report produced by the Scottish Public Health Network. Their recommendations will no doubt stimulate reflection on the current arrangements of public health delivery across the now accepted public health domains.=0D=0A=0D=0AWithin the wider public sector, integration of health and social care is the major issue confronting the organisations that underpin delivery of public health services. At the time of the conference, implementation of health and social care integration will be in full swing and it will be timely to consider the implications for public health services in Scotland.=0D=0A=0D=0APublic health functions in Scotland now look distinctly different from=0D=0Aother parts of the UK as a consequence of their reorganisations.=0D=0APublic health services in Scotland have had a remarkably stable base within health boards both territorial and national. This stability is looked on enviously from elsewhere in the UK. However, while stability has its advantages, it can induce stasis. No system can stand still. The public health challenges from the health of the Scottish population remain daunting and there is a constant need to research and innovate new and effective ways of delivering public health interventions and programmes. An oft' used quote (taken from the Italian novel about political upheaval in the mid 19th century) 'if you want things to stay the same, then you must change'* has a resonance for the Scottish Public Health community. The conference thus offers an opportunity to=0D=0Ahave our heads up for innovation, alert to the changes of integration andhope we will be inspired to face the challenges of the coming year.=0D=0A=0D=0AEdward Coyle=0D=0AChair of Conference Steering Committee=0D=0A*Guiseppe di Lampedusa. The Leopard.
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