CIEH responds to publication of 10 Year Health Plan for England

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the publication of the new 10 Year Health Plan for England which was published earlier today and says the profession is ready to support a truly prevention-focused health system.

President of CIEH Mark Elliott said:

“We welcome the NHS 10-Year Health Plan for England and its renewed focus on prevention, neighbourhood-based care, and tackling health inequalities. These priorities reflect the core work of environmental health professionals, who are already on the frontline addressing the conditions that shape our health - whether through housing, air quality, food safety, or workplace standards.

“To truly deliver on the Plan’s ambitions, the Government must recognise the essential role environmental health plays in prevention and embed their expertise in the design and delivery of local health services.

“There is a real opportunity to place environmental health at the heart of prevention strategies. But this will only succeed if devolution reforms actively protect and enhance local environmental health capacity and ensure that the expertise of environmental health is embedded in new governance structures from the outset.

“Environmental health is ready to support the transformation of the NHS. But a truly prevention-focused health system must begin where health itself begins: in the homes, streets, workplaces and communities where people live their lives.”

Read our full briefing on the Plan and its contents here: https://www.cieh.org/news/blog/2025/health-starts-here-aligning-the-nhs-10-year-plan-with-environmental-health/