Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Swine flu in rural Scotland - containment phase

qualifications: MPH

position: Consultant in public health medicine

United Kingdom

Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland and Honorary Reader, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen (www.abdn.ac.uk/crh). My main research interests are in mental health, including suicide and self-harm, and in rural health.

Helen Tissington

qualifications: MSc

position: Senior health protection nurse specialist

United Kingdom

Sheila Ogilvie

qualifications: RGN

position: Infection control nurse

United Kingdom

Infection Control Nurse Specialist, Argyll & Bute Community Health Partnership, NHS Highland.

Pat Tyrrell

qualifications: BSc(Hons)

position: Lead nurse

Viv Smith

qualifications: BSc

position: Locality manager

United Kingdom

NHS Highland Locality Manager ( professional background Specialist Nursing and University Teaching) covering Cowal penninsula and the Island of Bute,2 Community Hospital, 8 GP surgeries and health centres, 325 staff, population 23,700. Rural area accessed by ferry or mountain road(only ferry for Bute)Interested in organisational response to pandemic outbreaks, emergency and contingency planning and state of readiness.