REHIS / FSAS Liaison meeting 2010
- 30 August 2010
Officials from REHIS and the Food Standards Agency Scotland met in Aberdeen recently as part of their ongoing liaison to update each other on developments within their respective organisations; discussions were held on the foodborne disease strategy, food safety enforcement, professional education, training and qualifications and, the provision of community training courses in food hygiene, HACCP […]
Risk assessment and policy toolkit : new help for small and medium sized businesses
- 26 July 2010
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has developed a new electronic template especially for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) which combines, into one document, the requirements of a health and safety policy, risk assessment and written record of health and safety arrangements. A helpful list of example risk assessments is also available at http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/getstart.htm […]
Certificate is just their cup of tea!
- 13 July 2010
Six ladies enjoyed a celebratory lunch at Dundee College on Friday June 25, when they were presented with their REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene Certificates. Not only did, Pamela Bruce, Jennifer Paterson, Elizabeth Newlands, Linda Bruce, Isabella Ingram all from Dundee and Elizabeth Adam from Blairgowrie, gain the qualification but they each had to overcome profound […]
Public Health in Scotland 2010 – Annual Conference – request for abstracts
- 30 June 2010
EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION UNTIL FRIDAY 9th JULY Public Health in Scotland 2010 – Annual ConferenceHealth, Culture and Scotland:new challenges, new opportunities11 – 12 November 2010, Doubletree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro This year’s Annual Scottish Conference is being organised by the Faculty of Public Health in partnership with the West of Scotland NHS Boards. […]
New courses available for REHIS Approved Training Centres
- 22 June 2010
HPS Weekly Report – E. coli O157 – Godstone Farm outbreak report published
- 16 June 2010
The current Health Protection Scotland Weekly Report contains a link to the Godstone Inquiry website, which in turn has a link to the report. The HPS Current Note lists the key recommendations from the report, so it’s useful as a quick starter. http://www.documents.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/pdf2010/1024.pdf The last paragraph of the Note also links to the HPS “Simple […]
Annual Conference 2010 – Members – Get the presentations here.
- 16 June 2010
The REHIS Annual Conference is the principal Environmental Health event to take place in Scotland and this year’s event was held in Renfrew at the Glynhill Hotel on 19 and 20 May. The conference proved to be a great success. Highlights included: • a thought provoking Presidential Address by Rod House followed by a range […]
Annual Environmental Health Review 2009
- 8 June 2010
Welcome to the second Annual Environmental Health Review. Although collated and published by the Institute the review aims to highlight the contribution made to Environmental Health by a wide range of partners working across Scotland. We hope you find the review to be interesting and informative. View or download a copy at the link below.
Shedding light on E.coli O157
- 4 June 2010
Conference 2010 – The Presentations
- 31 May 2010
The REHIS Annual Conference ‘Environmental Health – 135 Years Protecting the People of Scotland’
- 12 May 2010
‘Environmental Health – 135 Years Protecting the People of Scotland’ 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 […]
Scottish Government – Tackling the obesity epidemic
- 16 April 2010
Public Health Minister Shona Robison today launched a strategy aimed at tackling Scotland’s ‘Obesity Time Bomb’. The ‘Preventing Overweight and Obesity’ document warns that if action is not taken, by 2030 nearly four in ten Scots will be obese – costing Scottish society up to £3 billion a year. A cost so large that it […]
