The CIEH campaigns to raise the profile of the environmental health profession and to push public health up the political agenda. As a result, extensive press coverage is secured in the national, local and regional media, recent examples include:
Food beyond the school gates
Stephanie Powell, Research Officer for CIEH Wales
Food Beyond the School Gates
A comparison of dish cloths in domestic and commercial food premises
Laura Harthill
A comparison of Dish Cloths in Domestic and Commercial Food Premises
Research Project - Tattooists - Health screening requirements and current practices in South Wales
Stephanie Powell, Research Office CIEH Wales
Research Project Tattooists - Health screening requirements and current practices in South Wales
The impact of smoking cigarettes on particulate levels in private vehicles
Elaine Clark
The impact of smoking cigarettes on particulate levels in private vehicles
Editor's blog - Reaction to Lord Young's health and safety review
Lord Young health & safety report
http://shponline.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/editors-blog-reaction-to-lord-youngs-health-and-safety-review/
Lord young advocates common sense, competence, and compensation crackdown
Lord Young health & safety report
http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/lord-young-advocates-common-sense-competence-and-compensation-crackdown
Consultants' accreditation scheme to go live in the New Year
Lord Young health & safety report
http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/consultants-accreditation-scheme-to-go-live-in-the-new-year
Accreditation scheme should help "restore confidence"
Lord Young health & safety report
http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/accreditation-scheme-should-help-restore-confidence
'Homes and cars' smoking ban call by Wales' chief medic
Julie Barratt responds to reports taht the smokefreedom legislation (in Wales) could be extended to include people's homes (as well as other press stories).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11482556
CIEH welcomes health and safety review
CIEH concerns over the rise of excessive risk aversion
http://www.osbornerichardson.com/News/CIEH_welcomes_health_and_safety_review_/cid-725.aspx
Industry waits for news of FSA's future
Graham Jukes, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), said a potential scrap of the FSA represented a major setback for food safety and consumer protection.
http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2010/07/13/334266/Industry-waits-for-news-of-FSA39s-future.htm
Lyme Disease
CIEH endorsement of a ID card produced by Guide Dogs for the Blind, which says that these working dogs pose no hygiene risk in restaurants/cafes etc is being effectively used to prevent discrimination and harassment against visually impaired people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/x-ray/2010/06/lyme-disease.shtml
X-Ray investigation: Thomson 'Dream' cruise turns sour
Julie Barratt appears on BBC Wales’ X ray programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/x-ray/2010/07/xray-investigation-thomson-dre.shtml
As Britain swelters in the soaring heat, school head bans sun cream for children saying 'hats are enough'
As a result of the pressure brought about by the CIEH and others, the school in Wales is now reconsidering its policy banning suncreams.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290441/As-Britain-swelters-school-head-bans-sun-cream-children-saying-hats-enough.html
Lyme disease
CIEH Wales’ work to highlight the public health implications of Lyme disease was featured on the X Ray programme on BBC Wales last night. Link to the website attached below – the programmed can also be seen on Iplayer.http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/x-ray/2010/06/lyme-disease.shtml
Student's campaign gives benefits to single parents
A campaign launched by a university student in Greater Manchester
http://www.cieh.org/uploadedFiles/Furniture/media/Single_parents_campaign_cutting.pdf
Stephen Battersby, CIEH President, comments on David Cameron's views of health and safety
Stephen Battersby, CIEH President, comments on David Cameron’s views on health and safety on the Guardian Series: Brief letters.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/dec/03/health-and-safety-eccles-cakes
Under-18s to be banned from using sunbeds to cut cancer risks
Jenny Morris is quoted in article stating the continued campaign to ban the use of sunbeds by under-18s and the provision of unsupervised facilities by CIEH.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/13/under-18-sunbed-ban-cancer
Private sector slips through decent homes net
Quotes concerning wasted money in the Private sector made by Dr. Stephen Battersby
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/story.aspx?storycode=6506923
We're dying for a tan
Article inspired by the CIEH’s high profile campaign to restrict sunbed use, which has now been taken by the Welsh Assembly Government.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/2662839/Dying-for-a-tan-Live-It-campaigns-for-clampdown-after-teen-sunbed-ban-in-Wales.html
New laws to ban child sunbed use
Julie Barratt makes statement on reasearch CIEH has carried out on sunbed use
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8280961.stm
Don't cut back on public health services, warns Professor Hugh Pennington
Article based on Hugh Pennington's keynote speech at the Best of the Best conference
http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/dont-cut-back-on-public-health-services-warns-professor-hugh-pennington/
E. coli may become notifiable disease after farm outbreak
Jenny Morris coments on widening notifiable disease system
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/e-coli-may-become-notifiable-disease-after-farm-outbreak-1790450.html
Rising student numbers blight residents' lives
Article inspired by Andrew Griffith’s response to DCLG consultation: Houses in multiple occupation and possible planning responses:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/sep/13/antisocial-students-housing-blight
Sad victory for Noise Abatement Society
CIEH noise statistics are used in the Independent Newspaper piece
http://artsandentertainment.independentminds.livejournal.com/683407.html
E.Coli Farm: We knew about it weeks ago says boss
Jenny Morris comments on the Ecoli outbreak in Surrey in the Daily Express
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/127124/E-Coli-farm-We-knew-about-it-weeks-ago-says-boss
Crackdown on sunbeds to cut cancer danger
CIEH comment on a report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which has upgraded its assessment of the risk posed by sunbeds and sunlamps.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/29/tanning-sunbeds-cancer/print
Mother of girl, 14, who received first degree burns from sunbed calls for under-18 ban
Director of CIEH Wales Julie Barratt is quoted in the Daily Mail, re a Welsh Assembly Government inquiy into sunbed use.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1198588/Mother-tells-sunbed-inquiry-14-year-old-severely-burned-skin-expects-face-damage.html
Could your water butt be bad for your health?
Stephen Battersby, CIEH President, talks to the Daily Mail about mosquitos
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1197947/Could-water-butt-bad-health.html
Health notes: Calling time on sunbeds
Julie Barratt talks to the Mail on Sunday about sunbed salons.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1196572/Health-notes-Calling-time-sunbeds.html
Global warming link food poisoning
Gary McFarlane warns of increased health risks as a result of global
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/global-warming-link-to-food-poisoning-14311343.html
Girl, 10, burned at tanning salon
A 10-year-old girl has suffered burns over 70% of her body after spending 16 minutes on an unsupervised sun bed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8028898.stm
Paul Robinson comments on the impact of the recession on environmental health services in local government
The downturn is hitting even areas with skills shortages and, in those services that escape the axe, staff face greatly increased workloads
http://www.lgcplus.com/printPage.html?pageid=2018533
Double helping of chefs in trouble
Blumenthal losing £10,000 a day as Fat Duck investigation goes on.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/double-helping-of-chefs-in-trouble-1639260.html
Girl burned in unmanned tanning salon
A health expert today called for unmanned tanning salons to be banned after a teenager who used one suffered severe burns.
Here are two examples of a wide range of coverage in the media.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/girl-burned-in-unmanned-tanning-salon-1626587.html
Girl, 14, suffers first degree burns on 70% of her body after spending just 19 minutes in unmanned tanning booth
A schoolgirl suffered first degree burns after just 19 minutes in an unmanned tanning salon.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1149762/Girl-14-suffers-degree-burns-70-body-spending-just-19-minutes-unmanned-tanning-booth.html
Better housing would ease the strain on the NHS
Improving substandard private rented housing could boost public health and wellbeing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/feb/04/housing-nhs-decent-homes
Uninhabitable home for a family
A local council expected a family with three children and a brand new baby to move into a house that had no electricity, no gas and was riddled with damp.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/consumer_advice/latest_council_house_emp.shtml