Author: Peacock Carter

Don’t miss the opportunity to register for the next two professional update courses on food safety and health and safety.Places are strictly limited.See the events page for more information and the booking forms.

The June 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 Scottish Government has decided to accelerate the implementation of the Act and health boards and local authorities are advised to have lists of designated competent persons in place by 1 October 2009, when the key health protection provisions come into effect, and to have Joint Health Protection Plans developed by 1 April 2010. For further information visit the Scottish Government´s dedicated website www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/publicact

The provisional figure for the number of workers fatally injured in 2008/09 is 180, and corresponds to a rate of fatal injury of 0.6 per 100000 workers. The rate of fatal injury for 2008/09 represents a statistically significant decrease compared to the average rate for the previous five years.

Full information can be found on the HSE website
HSE

The Summer 2009 edition of Environmental Health Scotland, the REHIS Journal, can be accessed on the members area.

There are still a few places available at the REHIS Annual Conference. The conference is the principal Environmental Health and Public Health event to take place in Scotland. The programme this year is built round the theme of Environmental Health-more than regulation.
It is being held in Ayr at the Western House Hotel this year from 13th to 14th May. For more information contact the REHIS office on 0131 225 6999.
For a booking form see the attached document.

The May 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 International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) in collaboration with the Government of Malawi and the University of Malawi welcomes the submission of abstracts for papers to be presented at the 2nd IFEH Africa Group All Africa Environmental Health Congress to be held in Lilongwe, Malawi from 24 to 27 May 2010. The vision of the Congress is the improvement of the standards of environmental health in Africa and the objectives of the Congress are to raise the profile of environmental health in Africa, to share best practices of environmental health services delivery in Africa, to enhance inter-country collaboration in environmental health practice, to address the training needs of environmental health, to promote the environmental health needs of children in Africa and to promote environmental health research. Full information is available at www.poly.ac.mw/2aaehcongress

The Spring 2009 edition of Environmental Health Scotland, the REHIS Journal, can be accessed on the members area.

The Scottish Government Public Health Act Implementation Team reports that Ministers have approved the accelerated implementation of some key provisions of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008. Parts 3, 4, 5, 6 (and relevant parts of Part 10) will now commence on 1st October 2009. The decision to accelerate the implementation was taken in the light of the current influenza AH1N1 outbreak and the possibility of a second wave later in the year.

Bringing forward the implementation of these provisions has implications for Part 1, in particular, the reduction in the timeframe to appointment health board and local authority competent persons. Further advice on this will be issued by the Scottish Government.

Full details on the implementation of the Act are available on the Scottish Government website www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHSScotland/publicact

The University of Strathclyde Department of Civil Engineering and the David Livingston Centre for Sustainability are holding an MSc recruitment evening on Wednesday 6th May 2009, which will include information on the REHIS accredited MSc Environmental Health degree course. Full information is contained in the attached flyer.

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 Ayr this year and I look forward to welcoming you.
Colin Wallace, President