Improving and protecting health and wellbeing in Scotland through education, training and qualifications in Environmental Health
The REHIS Annual Conference is the principal Environmental Health event to take place in Scotland. It provides an opportunity to reflect on current and future approaches to protecting and improving the health of the Scottish people and to renew friendships and make new ones. The Conference is being held in Renfrew this year and I look forward to welcoming you.
The Conference programme is now attached for your information.
Rod House, President
6 October Health and Safety Update Course, Edinburgh 7 October Food Safety Update Course, Edinburgh 21 October Course Presenters’ Seminar, Dundee 3, 4 & 5 November Professional Examinations, Edinburgh 18 November (eve) Annual Awards Ceremony, Edinburgh 19 November (am) Environmental Health Update Event, Edinburgh 19 November (pm) Annual General Meeting, Edinburgh Full details available from the REHIS office.
We are moving ! As from 1 March 2010 the Institute will be based at 19 Torphichen Street, EH3 8HX.
Our new contact details are
Tel: 0131 229 2968
Fax: 0131 228 2926
Web: www.rehis.com
Want to know more about REHIS? Read and download “About REHIS and Environmental Health in Scotland”
Want to know more about REHIS’ role in community training? Read and download “Qualifications for Communities”
Click on the link above to view and download the leaflets.
Young Samanyika, the Malawian EHO who has visited Scotland twice in the last two years, has been elected as the first President of the re-launched Malawi Environmental Health Association (MEHA). Dr Steve Taulo was elected as the MEHA’s Deputy President. Steve has also visited Scotland in recent years. The Institute offers MEHA its continued support and sends its best wishes to Young and Steve, and to Paul Chunga, Ben Mitochi and Kingsley Lungu who, along with many Malawian environmental health colleagues, have worked tirelessly to ensure the success of the re-launch. Bernard Forteath, President of the International Federation of Environmental Health and a past President of REHIS, and Tom Bell will travel to Lilongwe in May when Malawi hosts the 2nd All Africa Environmental Health Congress. The visit will also provide an opportunity for Bernard, Tom and MEHA representatives to further develop the long standing link between the two organisations.
The photograph shows Young with Tom Bell, REHIS Chief Executive outside the Scottish Parliament
This year´s Law Enforcement course will be held over the weekend of Friday 19 to Sunday 21 February. There are still places available at this popular event. Bookings are now being taken and full details can be found by clicking on ‘REHIS LAW ENFORCEMENT COURSE’ under ‘Upcoming Events´ on this page.
30 local authority Student EHO Training Officers participated in a seminar in Edinburgh on 11 February in Edinburgh. A series of excellent presentations covering the REHIS perspective, the training adviser’s perspective, the examiner perspective and the local authority perspective were given by Robert Howe (Director of Professional Development), Ian McGruther (Training Adviser), Graham Robertson (Examiner) and Tom Stirling (City of Edinburgh Council Student EHO Training Officer. The event was hosted by REHIS and chaired by the genial John Sleith, the Chairman of the Institute’s Examinations and Professional Standards Committee. The event was well received by the delegates all of whom made a positive contribution to the discussions which followed.
A range of single module classes in a wide range of topics is available at the University of Strathclyde. Topics of interest to EH professionals include air pollution control, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment, environmental management systems, food inspection/food control, food safety and hygiene, housing policy and law, infection and vector control, occupational health and toxicology, public health studies, recycling urban land, water quality and health, site investigation and risk assessment. For further details contact j.j.andrews@strath.ac.uk or visit http://www.strath.ac.uk/dlcs/cpd_courses/
The January 2010 edition of the REHIS e-Newsletter ‘News for Public Health Professionals’ has been uploaded to this website and is accessible from the dedicated portal “LATEST NEWSLETTER” to the right of this news item.If you wish to feature an environmental health or public health initiative, event or activity in the e-Newsletter please contact Tom Bell, Chief Executive on 0131 225 6999 or tb@
The October/November edition of the REHIS e-Newsletter ‘News for Public Health Professionals’ has been uploaded to this website and is accessible from the dedicated portal to the left of this news item. If you wish to feature an environmental health or public health initiative, event or activity in the e-Newsletter please contact Tom Bell, Chief Executive on 0131 225 6999 or tb@
The President,members of Council and members of staff at REHIS wish everyone in the Scottish and international environmental health community a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The deadline for 2009 submissions is 31 January 2010. Please note: Regulations require the submission of corroborating evidence of participation in all CPD activities
Members can now access their existing web records from 2006 and update their CPD entries.
This can be achieved by clicking on “My account” and then on “My CPD Entries” and by following the relevant links.Information entered here will be transferred onto a REHIS CPD form which can be downloaded as a pdf file and then printed. Adobe reader is required for this task.Download it at http://get.adobe.com/reader/
The completed list of CPD activities can then be printed out and sent to REHIS along with the required corroborating evidence for all CPD activities.
Members who wish to complete the CPD card manually can download a blank copy which is available in the Members’ area of the website.
