{"id":34620,"date":"2013-11-12T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=cde197bd51ca82fcddceb59aa672dcbb"},"modified":"2013-11-12T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:37:00","slug":"press-release-uk-medics-to-assist-philippines-relief-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=34620","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK medics to assist Philippines relief effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Department for International Development will deploy twelve emergency British medical staff, including surgeons, doctors and A&amp;E nurses to assist with recovery efforts in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Announced earlier today by International Development Secretary Justine Greening, the initial medical and surgical team will be comprised of:<br \/>\n* 3 emergency physicians<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>2 orthopaedic surgeons<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>1 plastic surgeon<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>2 accident and emergency nurses<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>1 theatre nurse<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>2 anaesthetists<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>1 specialist physiotherapist<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Justine Greening approved the deployment of members of the UK International Emergency Trauma Register following a direct request from the Philippines Department of Health. The UK team will be provided as part of the British Government\u2019s \u00a310 million relief efforts for the disaster. <\/p>\n<p>International Development Secretary Justine Greening said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Philippines Government has asked Britain for urgent medical assistance and I have now activated the UK\u2019s International Emergency Trauma Register. We are mobilising a 12 strong team of volunteer surgeons, doctors and paramedics who are expert at operating in emergency situations such as this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The register is designed specifically to respond to situations where surgical expertise is required and will mean that the UK provides a timely and coordinated response to rapid-onset disasters. DFID\u2019s support for the UKIETR will see over 400 medical personnel registered and trained by 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The team will be led by Professor A D Redmond, Professor of International Emergency Medicine at the University of Manchester. <\/p>\n<p>Professor Redmond has trained in Emergency Medicine in the UK and the USA and is a registered specialist. He has provided emergency humanitarian medical assistance for over 20 years, responding to natural disasters, major incidents, conflicts and complex emergencies throughout the world. This has included a deployment to Haiti where he led a team of surgeons providing emergency medicine and surgery with the UK NGO Merlin, and provided health needs assessment for a number of agencies to shape the ongoing relief effort.<\/p>\n<p>The team are preparing to deploy at the earliest possible opportunity. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Please contact DFID press office for further information on the team\u2019s deployment on +44 20 7023 0600.<\/li>\n<li>DFID\u2019s support for the trauma register was (set out by Justine Greening in December 2012.)[https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/disasters-uk-medics-to-help-in-overseas-emergencies]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_5\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:pressoffice@dfid.gov.uk\">pressoffice@dfid.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7023 0600\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Follow the DFID Press office on Twitter &#8211; @DFID_Press<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British government is sending surgeons, doctors and A&amp;E nurses to assist with recovery efforts of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}