Guernsey has signed
Northgate Information Solutions to promote public health on the
island.
Guernsey's
Health and Social Services Department is to introduce data
integration technology. The plan is to join together disparate data
held by the Office of
Environmental Health and Pollution Regulation.
Northgate Information Solutions will also introduce a system to
regulate
potentially polluting activities on Guernsey.
The service will help the island's environmental health officers
to maintain up-to-date and complete records of public health
complaints made by the public. This will ensure they always have
full information about previous complaints.
The systems will also provide information on all environmental
health matters. This will including public health nuisances, food
control, pest control, waste control, seawater and shellfish
testing, and tattooing and piercing.
The deal will extend the flexibility of current information
systems, eradicate unnecessary manual processes and improve the
island's management information systems.
John Cook, Guernsey director of environmental health and
pollution regulation, said: "The new environmental health service
will cut down bureaucracy and save valuable officer time enabling
them to focus on their core tasks of promoting, protecting and
improving public health."
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