The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution Report: The Urban Environment
- 17 November 2009
This, the 26th Report of the Royal Commission published in March 2007, examines the environment within urban areas and the wider environmental impacts of towns and cities, and considers the relationship between the urban environment and human health and wellbeing. A summary of the findings of the Report follows.
Enforcement Resource Summit
- 17 November 2009
The summit, held at Dunkeld on Wednesday 28 March 2007, organised by the Institute and hosted by the Food Standards Agency Scotland, was convened to facilitate an open discussion between partners, stakeholders and interested groups with a view to drafting a strategy, vision and action plan for future public/environmental health enforcement in Scotland. Representatives from […]
REHIS and the Scottish Prison Service
- 17 November 2009
The Scottish Prison Service has made a huge financial investment at its HMP Edinburgh facility with the construction of a new production kitchen and a new training kitchen. Along with many other Scottish Prisons, HMP Edinburgh is an Approved Training Centre delivering REHIS courses on a regular basis for inmates and prison catering staff. Following […]
15th Annual Public Health Forum
- 17 November 2009
Last week we were pleased to welcome the 15th Annual Public Health Forum to Edinburgh. This event, organised by the UK Public Health Association, is the largest multi-disciplinary Public Health conference in the UK. The conference allows public health professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds to come together, share experience and learn from each […]
SCOT – The Scottish Coalition on Tobacco Manifesto
- 17 November 2009
Smoking Still Kills – The Scottish Coalition is dedicated to tobacco control and presents this manifesto outlining the next steps Scotland needs to take to reduce the harm caused by smoking. REHIS is an active member of the coalition.
Changes to the CPD Scheme for EHO Members
- 17 November 2009
At the March meeting of the REHIS Council it was agreed that all CPD scheme participants who are EHOs will, as from 2008, be required to submit corroborative evidence of CPD activities along with their record cards. CPD record cards can be downloaded from the members area of the REHIS website and are also available […]
Successful Skin Piercing Seminar for Enforcers and the Industry
- 17 November 2009
Seventy-five Environmental Health professionals, from thirty one local authorities across Scotland, came together in Edinburgh for a training seminar on the new skin piercing legislation.The seminar was organised in partnership with Health Protection Scotland and the Scottish Executive Health Department.Delegates gained an update on the amended legislation and a practical insight into skin piercing from […]
Odour Improvement Plan Training Seminar
- 17 November 2009
Over 60 delegates from local authorities, Scottish Water, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Executive and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) operators attended the Odour Improvement Plan Training Seminar in Stirling last week. This event, held in partnership with the Scottish Odour Steering Group, updated delegates on the current legal requirements regarding odour from waste water treatment […]
Guilty verdict at REHIS Law Enforcement course
- 17 November 2009
The annual REHIS Law Enforcement Course was presented last weekend at the Police College, Tulliallan. Forty-three professionals from different backgrounds, including Environmental Health Officers, Technical Officers, Trading Standards Officers, Fish Health Inspectors and Fire Safety Managers attended this residential event. This intensive course, for officers in specialist agencies involved in law enforcement, aims to provide […]
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2006 DONATION TO THE SCOTLAND CHIKWAWA (MALAWI) HEALTH INITIATIVE
- 17 November 2009
Donations in lieu of gifts to speakers and chairmen and proceeds from a raffle at the REHIS Annual Conference Dinner have raised the sum of £615 for the Scotland Chikwawa (Malawi) Health Initiative. The money raised will be used to fund food hygiene training in the Chikwawa region in southern Malawi. Bernard Forteath, President of […]
NEW PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS WITHIN SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
- 17 November 2009
The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland(REHIS) has expressed confidence in its members’ role in dealing with any threat of illness pandemics,chemical and biological attacks.
NEW FEATURE LAUNCHED ON REHIS WEBSITE
- 17 November 2009
REHIS is delighted to announce the launch of a new feature on its homepage. The first new feature is the addition of the ‘job vacancies – opportunities in environmental health’ portal on the homepage. This feature will allow access to current vacancies in the Scottish environmental health community. Further developments are imminent – watch this […]
