In collaboration with the University of Manchester Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, Department of Health and Hospital Authority, HKJCDPRI organised a workshop titled "Mobile Surge Capacity Teams for Medical and Public Health Emergencies" on 7 October 2016. 

The workshop aimed to provide healthcare professionals with knowledge and to share experience on mobile surge team planning for medical and public health emergencies. The workshop examined the current practices of mobile medical team mobilisation internationally and locally. Topics discussed included:

- Understanding Surge Capacity and Mobile Surge Capacity

- Sharing of Current Practices in Hong Kong and United Kingdom

- Staffing Strategies

- Alternate Care Facilities, its Mobilisation and Demobilisation

- Personal Preparation

- Global Emergency Medical Teams

The workshop was held as a pre-conference workshop for the Annual Conference on Disaster Preparedness and Response 2016. In total 51 participants participated in the workshop. The workshop deepened the participants’ understanding on the topics. The sharing of practices and discussion of experience enabled participants to explore the best practices challenges of developing mobile surge teams that are practical.

HKJCDPRI Director Ms Eva Lam was presenting the overview of the workshop to the participants

Prof Tony Redmond, the University of Manchester Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
was presenting the topic “International Emergency Medical Teams – Their Role in Supporting National SurgeCapacity”via live stream

For more detailed information about the workshop, please contact our HKJCDPRI secretariat at 2871 8507 or email: [email protected]