Public Health and Protection
Stories from the realm of public protection.
Air and noise pollution combine to increase heart failure risk in women
Call for action as Danish study reveals damaging impact when environmental factors interact.
Government turns down funding recommendation for “critical services”
The decision is seen as a failure to invest in critical health protection services at a particularly challenging time.
‘Cocktail effect’ of pesticides in food creates threat to public health
Evidence grows that chemicals can combine to become more toxic
UKHAS ‘reimagining the country’s health defences’
Responsibility for public health incidents shifts from Public Health England
CIEH lobbies for licensing for ‘aesthetic’ treatments
Cosmetics amendment tabled to Health and Care Bill by public-health organisations
‘Best outcomes’ when communities work together
Importance of local communities working together and vital role of local regulators championed at the CIEH food safety conference.
Plan EH workforce the way NHS does
A shortage of qualified EH professionals could be addressed more strategically in a similar way to how the NHS manages future doctors and nurses.
EHPs need to ‘blow their own trumpet’
Practitioners have a vital contribution to make to society and need to make their voices heard, new pandemic book urges.
Almost a quarter of EHP jobs in England lost over a decade
Renewed interest in external health threats should generate interest in the profession for years to come, CIEH tells MPs.
Enforce mask-wearing in schools again, say unions
Concerns mount over transmissibility of Delta variant among children.
