Posted 22 April 2015 - 15:31
Posted 22 April 2015 - 15:31
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Leading Scottish nurse made FPH Fellow
Professor Jacqui Reilly is made a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health
A leading Scottish nurse has been made a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
Professor Jacqui Reilly is lead consultant for healthcare associated infections, antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control and decontamination at Health Protection Scotland.
An RCN Scotland spokesperson said becoming an FPH fellow was recognition of Professor Reilly's ‘significant contribution to public health practice, policy and research and to the specialty of public health'.
Professor Reilly started her career in clinical practice in 1988. She specialised in infection control surveillance before moving to the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health in 2001, where she developed the national HAI surveillance programme.
In 2010 she became lead consultant at the Public Health and Intelligence Service at National Services Scotland.
She will be recognised as a fellow of the FPH at the organisation’s annual awards ceremony on June 23 at Newcastle Civic Centre.
The FPH is responsible for setting standards for specialists in public health in the UK.