Public Health and Protection
Stories from the realm of public protection.
Poor pandemic response ‘due to wildly out-of-touch politicians’
Independent Sage founder Sir David King believes government is ‘turning a crisis to its advantage’.
EHP named in New Year Honours list for services to policing
Special Inspector brought skills from EH profession into volunteer role, and vice versa.
Importance of test and trace being forgotten amid vaccine excitement, say scientists
Independent Sage urges government to do more to support people isolating.
Isle of Man imposes short ‘circuit breaker’ as UK faces months of lockdown
Compliance expected to be high as residents keen to get back to relative freedoms of past six months.
We need full lockdown to deal with new virus strain, expert says
Test and trace had “no chance” once it was taken out of public health care system.
Tales from the front line: ‘We are trying to do things proactively’
The challenges faced by one Scottish EH team that has bounced between COVID-19 tiers.
Scottish government thanks EHPs for insight and expertise
MSP writes to EH and TS professionals saying she values the way they have ‘embraced partnership working’.
Joe Public’s new exotic freedom fighter
The ‘Magna Carta warrior’ is the latest thorn in EHPs’ side.
Brexit bill could block public health advances
Improvements could be challenged on basis of additional cost.
Tales from the front line: ‘COVID marshals have relieved the pressure on us’
How one EHP has been using government funding to employ marshals as ‘eyes and ears’ to help her team enforce COVID regulations.