The Public Health and Social Services Department

• The St Helena Audit Service
• The Development and Economic Planning Department
• The Education Department
• The Employment and Social Services Department
• The Finance Department
• The Human Resources Department
• The Legal, Lands and Planning Department
• The Office of Chief Secretary
• The Post Office
• The Public Health and Social Services Department
• The Public Works and Services Department
• The Agriculture and Natural Resources Department
• The Police Department

This department is the largest in the St Helena Government and is made up of various sections. These include medical, nursing, social work, psychiatry, medical and food microbiology, dental, pharmacy, environmental health and care of the elderly. The department has one General Hospital in Jamestown and several clinics based around the Island with these operating on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. In addition, there is an Elderly Care Complex and three Sheltered Accommodation facilities to assist with the care of the elderly. The department has, and continues to give priority to 8 health targets of the WHO and EURO Health 21 Policy, which are:

• Improved health of a child and young people

• Healthy aging

• Improving mental health

• Reducing non-communicable disease

• A healthy and safe environment

• Healthier living: healthy diet and physical exercise

• Reducing harm from alcohol, drugs and tobacco

• Developing human resources for health

 

Key Services: 

 

Medical and Nursing

Provision of medical and nursing services at the primary and secondary care levels

Care of the disabled

Provision of a centre for persons with learning disabilities

Care of the elderly

Provision of a residential home for the elderly

Provision of sheltered accommodation for the elderly

 

Dental

Provision of a dental health service

 

Medical Laboratory

Range of services include haematology, transfusion medicine, biochemistry, microbiology and public health laboratory services for food and water samples

 

Social Work

Probation work and counselling

Provision of a Family Centre for the care and protection of children

Provision of a Child Protection Group whose main responsibility is to protect children who are vulnerable and deemed to be at risk

 

Environmental Health

Provision of a refuse collection service

Provision of Food Safety services

Provision of advice on Health and Safety

 

Website: None

Email: cahsso2@publichealth.gov.sh

Telephone: +(290) 2500

Fax: +(290) 2530

Postal: Public Health and Social Services Department, Upper Jamestown, St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean, STHL 1ZZ