Latest DPH Annual Report Competition

The ADPH has held a competition for the best DPH Annual Report each year since 2004. Entries are judged by an independant panel who look for readability, accessibility and innovation as well as relevant and challenging content. Lessons from the competition can be read in Nicola's Ten Top Tips. Latest winners are listed below with previous winners here.

The DPH Annual Report is a major opportunity for advocacy on behalf of the health of the population and as such can be extremely powerful both in talking to the community and also to support professionals. In order to achieve maximum impact we suggest the use of the Faculty of Public Health guidelines for the production of reports.

DPH Annual Report competition 2012

Entries will be welcomed for the 2012 competition from the beginning of January 2012. All we will need is an electronic copy and one hard copy of your latest DPH Annual Report (usually covering 2011) sent to our offices with the completed application form.

DPH Annual Report competition 2011 - Results

May 2011

This year we were looking for reports that showed more than the 'ordinary' and we were not disappointed. The judging was particularly difficult showing a real improvement over the years. The results are:

1st prize: Cumbria - for highlighting Health Protection as everybody's business and presenting it in a highly acessible format (hard copy is A5);

2nd prize: Sheffield - for a comprehensive accessible web-based report (there is a hard copy summary version);

3rd prize: Brighton and Hove - for a comprehensive and interesting analysis based on a historical perspective;

runners up were Sandwell, and Bristol (hard copy folds down to credit card size) and Northern Ireland.