NRPB joins the Health Protection Agency

Citation

(2005), "NRPB joins the Health Protection Agency", Structural Survey, Vol. 23 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.2005.11023cab.007

NRPB joins the Health Protection Agency

Keywords: Health, Radiation, Radon gas

On 1 April 2005 the National Radiological Protection Board will join the Health Protection Agency, forming its new Radiation Protection Division Headquarters at Chilton. The Chilton site is also the HQ of the Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division of HPA and, together, the two divisions will be known as the HPA Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE). The director of this new centre will be Dr Roger Cox. The Health Protection Agency Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 22 July 2004 establishing the Health Protection Agency as a UK-wide public body. The new integrated arrangements are intended to improve the UK’s ability to tackle the problems posed by infectious disease and other hazards, including the response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism. The agency will undertake the health functions carried out by the Health Protection Agency Special Health Authority and the radiation protection functions of the National Radiological Protection Board. Both bodies will be subsumed in the new agency when it is created as an independent non-departmental public body on 1 April 2005. Further information on the Health Protection Agency and its role in the UK can be found at: www.hpa.org.uk/