Close-up of a person wearing a mask

Six months on, has anything been learned?

15 October 2020, Katie Coyne

Your views on how the UK has dealt with the pandemic.

2021

New network adopts WHO’s ‘One Health’ approach to coronavirus research

13 October 2021, Steve Smethurst
Tattooist tattooing a persons arm

Bristol EH wins case against ‘Magna Carta’ tattooist

18 August 2021, Katie Coyne

Finla Coffee fights back against Plymouth City Council

18 August 2021, Katie Coyne
Green coffee cups sat on a wooden table

Plymouth ‘Magna Carta’ cafe to appeal £42k fines and costs

22 July 2021, Katie Coyne

Construction working on rooftop

Non-COVID workplace deaths increase despite lockdowns

22 July 2021, Katie Coyne

EHPs need to ‘blow their own trumpet’

24 June 2021, Katie Coyne

Children arriving at a secondary school

Enforce mask-wearing in schools again, say unions

10 June 2021, Katie Coyne
Aerial view of road markings saying 'school keep clear'

Concern over spread of Indian variant in schools

27 May 2021, EHN magazine

Close-up of woman's hands holding a smartphone

£12m for pilot self-isolate schemes

27 May 2021, EHN magazine

A home COVID-19 test

Indie Sage: ‘enhanced’ contact tracing in variant hotspots should be the norm across country

27 May 2021, EHN magazine

Blakeney Point. Credit: National Trust Images Alison Marsh

Tales from the front line: The public can trust our COVID-19 precautions

13 May 2021, EHN magazine
Waltham Forest Trades Council campaign in May 2020 to lobby government to provide PPE for essential workers.

Workers’ lives lost to COVID remembered

29 April 2021, Katie Coyne

A woman in silhouette in front of a hotel room window

Newham isn’t New York, COVID hotels don’t work here

15 April 2021, Katie Coyne

Facilities outside pub in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

‘If you can’t smoke in it, it won’t be COVID safe’

15 April 2021, Katie Coyne

Pedestrians walking between the Stratford Centre and the main railway station in Newham, East London

A local response to test and trace system gaps

15 April 2021, Katie Coyne

The New Zealand parliament buildings

‘If you prioritise public health, you’ll get much better outcomes’

01 April 2021, Katie Coyne
Tins of food sit on shelves in a food bacnk

Public wants to protect food standards post-COVID

18 March 2021, Katie Coyne

A woman in a mask pushes the handle of a door into an office building

Weakness in H&S exposed by COVID-19

17 March 2021, Katie Coyne
Big Ben clock tower against a blue sky with clouds.

EH role in COVID-19 work ‘has boosted profile in government’

18 February 2021, Katie Coyne

Advisors ‘nudge’ public into COVID compliance

18 February 2021, Katie Coyne

Close-up of hands using a cash register.

COVID legislation ‘toothless’ and ‘racist’, say London EHPs

15 February 2021, Katie Coyne

Children on a litter-pick outdoors.

Caring societies are better prepared for COVID-19 and climate change

03 February 2021, Katie Coyne
The UK Houses of Parliament from outside

Poor pandemic response ‘due to wildly out-of-touch politicians’

21 January 2021, Katie Coyne

Douglas Lighthouse on the Isle of Man with sea on sunny day

Isle of Man imposes short ‘circuit breaker’ as UK faces months of lockdown

07 January 2021, Katie Coyne

Vials of COVID-19 vaccine

Importance of test and trace being forgotten amid vaccine excitement, say scientists

07 January 2021, Katie Coyne

2020

We need full lockdown to deal with new virus strain, expert says

22 December 2020, Katie Coyne

A person in protective clothing spraying a workplace with disinfectant

Under the microscope: H&S during COVID-19

22 December 2020, Katie Coyne

North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

Tales from the front line: ‘We are trying to do things proactively’

17 December 2020, Katie Coyne

A person in a hard hat and facemask on a building site

Legal briefing: COVID-19 and RIDDOR – where do you draw the line?

10 December 2020, Katie Coyne

Rolled-up scroll representing Magna Carta on top of a rumpled Union flag

Joe Public’s new exotic freedom fighter

03 December 2020, Katie Coyne

The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

Scottish government thanks EHPs for insight and expertise

03 December 2020, Katie Coyne
A meat plant production line

‘There was a grey area in food production: companies were unsure how to protect workforces’

26 November 2020, Katie Coyne

A Luton takeaway ready for business in COVID times

Tales from the front line: ‘COVID marshals have relieved the pressure on us’

24 November 2020, Katie Coyne

Police officers wearing masks

Legal briefing: spit and imagine the consequences

11 November 2020, Katie Coyne

Carnaby Street, London, during the first lockdown of 2020

H&S group: ‘Don’t waste this lockdown’

03 November 2020, Katie Coyne

How New Zealand dealt with COVID-19

29 October 2020, Katie Coyne

19 September 2020: People gather in Trafalgar Square during a protest against the mandatory use of face masks, the Coronavirus vaccine and the social distancing restrictions.

‘Instant history’ chronicles pandemic events amid political muddy waters

15 October 2020, Katie Coyne

19 September 2020: People gather in Trafalgar Square during a protest against the mandatory use of face masks, the Coronavirus vaccine and the social distancing restrictions.

‘Instant history’ chronicles pandemic events amid political muddy waters

15 October 2020, Katie Coyne

Close-up of a person wearing a mask

Six months on, has anything been learned?

15 October 2020, Katie Coyne

A food parcel being delivered by a person wearing plastic gloves.

New book seeks to highlight EHPs’ pandemic work

14 October 2020, Katie Coyne

A woman pays with her phone at an outdoor coffee shop

Enforcers' plea to Whitehall: give us clear powers to do our jobs

01 October 2020, Katie Coyne

A medical professional carrying out a COVID-19 test on the driver of a car, through the car window.

‘Limiting testing to symptomatic people is not good enough’

01 October 2020, Katie Coyne
model of the coronavirus

COVID-19 enforcement fund of £60m for councils and police

27 September 2020, Katie Coyne

ALEHM has concerns around close-contact premises

Lockdowns in North East preventable with stronger powers, say some EH managers

17 September 2020, Katie Coyne

The moon

‘Focus on track and trace, not £100bn Moonshot’

11 September 2020, Katie Coyne

Map showing Torfaen

Tales from the front line: 'It’s very much a public protection team effort'

11 September 2020, Katie Coyne

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

PM announces EHP register to help local authorities’ pandemic work

10 September 2020, Katie Coyne

An empty outdoor gym

COVID-19 exposed global failure to invest in public health

03 September 2020, Katie Coyne

Close-up of man's hands holding a mobile phone.

EHPs turn to virtual inspections to help with backlog

03 September 2020, Katie Coyne

Packing boxes stacked up.

Landlords and charities demand financial help for tenants in arrears

03 September 2020, Katie Coyne

People in an office wearing masks

Government accused of ‘magical thinking’ on workplace safety

03 September 2020, Katie Coyne

Chicken carcasses in a poultry factory

All 800 workers at poultry factory to self-isolate

01 September 2020, Katie Coyne
Welsh Parliament building at Cardiff Bay

‘EH officers are part of the team that is helping to keep Wales safe’

06 August 2020, Katie Coyne

Hard hats in a row

Overhaul of Scottish H&S needed post-pandemic, says report

06 August 2020, Katie Coyne

Up Holland, West Lancashire, UK: wooden rainbow blocks on a school gate in support of the NHS

Ramp up test, trace, isolate to avoid second deadlier virus wave

04 August 2020, Katie Coyne
Empty beds

Tackling modern day slavery during COVID-19

23 July 2020, Katie Coyne

Scientist

Politicisation of COVID-19 testing targets slowed progress

21 July 2020, Katie Coyne

Hands cleaning a surface with spray and a cloth

‘Take cleaning products claims with a pinch of salt,’ advises food hygiene expert

09 July 2020, Katie Coyne

Detail of ultraestructure of deadly coronavirus particles under transmission electron microscopy

Natural environment must be protected to prevent future disease

09 July 2020, Katie Coyne

A crowded riverside

English test and trace system ‘set up to cope with far more cases than it gets’

09 July 2020, Katie Coyne
Phone headset on white background

Contact tracing ‘should be led by local authorities’, say health researchers

26 June 2020, Katie Coyne

Concept: cotton wound around pins sticking up out of a piece of fabric to show connections

How is contact tracing working in practice?

25 June 2020, Katie Coyne

Two gas rings burning

‘Tackle fuel poverty to prevent winter COVID-19 deaths,’ PM is urged

23 June 2020, Katie Coyne

A queue of people outside a Boots

Discourse around 1m/2m distancing rule ‘has been overly politicised’

22 June 2020, Katie Coyne

A crowded bar

Ditching 2m rule ‘risks people not distancing at all’

18 June 2020, Katie Coyne

People queue outside a supermarket in Newport, Wales

Controlling COVID-19 needs several interventions

18 June 2020, Katie Coyne

Patient receives acupuncture therapy on her hand

Clear guidance needed for beauty industry post-lockdown

17 June 2020, Katie Coyne

A 2m distancing sign on the floor of a supermarket

Isle of Man lifts 2m distancing rule

15 June 2020, Katie Coyne

Gateshead Millennium Bridge

Councils rush to develop contingencies in case of COVID-19 resurgence

11 June 2020, Katie Coyne

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

How one county escaped the worst of COVID-19

11 June 2020, Katie Coyne

A man using a smartphone with a laptop in front of him.

‘Someone’s doing the contact tracing, but it’s not us…’

04 June 2020, Katie Coyne

Satellite view of the United Kingdom, with Great Britain and Northern Ireland coloured red

Brexit and COVID-19 ‘too much at once’ for Northern Ireland

04 June 2020, Katie Coyne

A woman's hands being washed in a sink

Why aren’t we washing our hands?

03 June 2020, Pennie Taylor

People in a queue with distance markers

Keep 2m distancing in face of commercial pressure, CIEH urges

02 June 2020, Katie Coyne

A woman puts on a face mask

Lockdown easing is being ‘misjudged’, say public health directors

01 June 2020, Katie Coyne
Contact tracer Jane Tait

The inside track on tracing

28 May 2020, Katie Coyne

New cycle lane in Milan as city starts to reopen after coronavirus lockdown

‘You can’t self-isolate from climate crisis’

28 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Tim Hatch, deputy director for emergency preparedness, Alabama, US

Tales from the front line: ‘There’s a tremendous amount of EH influence on this disaster’

28 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Screen at a supermarket checkout

COVID-19 risks ‘need balancing against other H&S concerns’

21 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Phone headset on a keyboard

Public health directors demand integrated approach to contact tracing

20 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Man in a laboratory

Government must focus on quality not quantity of testing, says lab boss

20 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Centralised response to COVID-19 ‘reminiscent of handling of foot and mouth’

15 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Tracing is ‘every country’s top requirement’, says WHO envoy

15 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Gateshead Millennium Bridge

English council leaders reject government’s ‘stay alert’ messaging

15 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Food businesses prepare to reopen

FSA issues guidance on reopening for food businesses

14 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Row of houses

‘Tidal wave’ of evictions expected after lockdown unless action is taken

12 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Port Douglas, Isle of Man

Isle of Man intends to test, trace – and keep borders closed

12 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Nurse wearing PPE

‘The whole thing needs ramping up’, says leading bacteriologist on testing

12 May 2020, Katie Coyne

COVID-19

AI diagnostics predict COVID-19 without testing

12 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Cowes, Isle of Wight

‘We should just crack on’: views on the new contact tracing app

05 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Feet and shadows

EHPs call for the right resources to do their jobs

05 May 2020, Katie Coyne

Food waste caddy

Food waste reduces as households adapt to eating in

05 May 2020, Sarah Campbell

View from the Seeis checkpoint near Windhoek, Namibia

‘I believe that each individual should use his or her expertise to make a difference in the lives of many’

05 May 2020, Sarah Campbell
Person washing hands

Link between EH and public health ‘must be restored’, says expert

28 April 2020, Katie Coyne

EH to be at heart of contact tracing

28 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Construction workers from overhead

Anonymous H&S reporting 'could go further'

21 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Chichester

Tales from the front line: ‘It’s a bit of a privilege doing something like this’

21 April 2020, Katie Coyne

COVID-19 tracker app on a smartphone

Symptom tracker app to expand its reach

21 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Clear skies and no traffic during the COVID-19 lockdown

Let's keep cleaner air and stronger communities after COVID-19, say charities

20 April 2020, Katie Coyne

A protester placing flowers at the 'Unknown construction worker' statue in London

HSE opens up anonymous hotline for workers

16 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Closed Covid-19 sign

Tales from the front line: closing borders on the Isle of Man

15 April 2020, Katie Coyne

A protester at the 'Unknown building worker' statue in London

Protesting in the time of coronavirus

15 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Food market

Tales from the front line: the EHPs getting people fed amid the pandemic

09 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Hand sanitiser and face masks

Whistleblowers ‘need a hotline’ to report employers’ poor practices

08 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Construction site from above

Campaigners appeal for a stop to non-essential work

08 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Coronavirus

EHPs 'are being overlooked for contact tracing work'

07 April 2020, Katie Coyne

Rough sleepers

Tales from the front line: ‘For rough sleepers, accommodation is only one part of the issue’

06 April 2020, Sarah Campbell

A person's hand holding a pint of beer

Councils put new lockdown laws into practice

06 April 2020, Sarah Campbell

A bonfire in a garden

Garden fires fuel anger among neighbours

03 April 2020, Sarah Campbell

A person's hand holding a pint of beer

Pub caught flouting lockdown laws

02 April 2020, Sarah Campbell
Coronavirus closure notice

A barrister's guide to the new coronavirus regulations

30 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Row of houses

NI EHPs coordinate aid for vulnerable people

27 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Mattress and bedding on the street

'Avoid a rise in criminal evictions', councils warned

27 March 2020, Katie Coyne

EHP shares food safety guidance for volunteers

26 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Houses of Parliament

EH's role in enforcing lockdown still being clarified

24 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Housing

Housing EHPs use technology to adapt to new world'

24 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Supermarket

'Bring in rationing to avoid food crisis'

24 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Legal expert develops coronavirus legislation guidance

24 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Row of takeaways and shops

FSA asks councils to focus on 'urgent reactive work'

24 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Houses of Parliament

EH's role in enforcing lockdown still being clarified

24 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Man in a mask

CIEH: supporting you in the fight against coronavirus

19 March 2020, The CIEH team

Empty supermarket shelves

Coronavirus battle ‘will transfer to community’ as number of cases rises

19 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Houses of Parliament, UK

Council workers must have key worker status

19 March 2020, Katie Coyne

'Use us to fight the virus. It’s our job'

19 March 2020, Katie Coyne

Coronavirus

How is EH working during the outbreak?

19 March 2020, Katie Coyne
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