Table 1.

Percentage of respondents with PCT, HPU, SHA and RDHPA roles expressing concordant* views of who should, and who does, deliver particular health protection functions.

	Respondent
Health protection function	All	PCT role	HPU role	SHA role	RDHPA †
Handling of a single meningitis case during normal working hours	98	98	100	90	100
Handling of a single meningitis case out of normal working hours	78	77	85	80	83
Establish/ensure effective operation of outbreak control team for 3 linked meningococcal cases	94	93	100	91	100
Establish/ensure effective operation of outbreak control team for 4 community legionnaires' cases.	92	89	100	100	100
Improving uptake of MMR vaccine in under 2 year olds.	84	85	83	73	100
Immunisation training programs for primary care staff	80	82	83	68	57
MMR vaccination program for university students in response to a large mumps outbreak	76	75	86	68	86
Infection control & reduction of healthcare acquired infections in primary care premises	86	87	83	86	71
Infection control and reduction of healthcare acquired infections in private sector nursing homes	77	76	82	81	57
Infection control & reduction of healthcare acquired infections in community hospitals	83	82	80	89	83
Development of a local strategy for improving sexual health	93	93	97	91	71
Monitoring rates of sexually transmitted infections	79	77	87	86	100
Organisation of the rota for out of hours health protection arrangements	84	82	93	91	86
Factory fire with release of harmful chemicals during normal working hours	92	93	90	86	86
Factory fire with release of harmful chemicals out of normal working hours.	86	85	96	85	83
Managing an outbreak of tuberculosis in a secondary school.	90	88	90	100	100
Investigating an apparent cluster of congenital anomalies attributed in media reports to a nearby landfill site	75	73	93	70	71
Managing a look-back exercise in response to a surgeon carrying hepatitis C	90	90	83	95	100

* We defined a response as 'concordant' if a respondent's views of who should and who does deliver a particular health protection function described the same lead organisation.

† Percentages in RDHPA column are based on only seven subjects and should therefore be interpreted with caution.