Security in private renting

This could surely be the best Christmas present for so many renters: The CIEH say that: "19 leading organisations supporting private renters have formed a new Renters Reform Coalition. Made up of national housing charities, campaigners, renters unions, think tanks and (the CIEH), the Coalition is calling on the Government to use the upcoming Renters’ …

Short survey: COVID-19: the global Environmental Health experience

Dear colleagues, We have created this survey to inform a special edition of the Routledge ‘Focus on Environmental Health’ series (see here) to document the global environmental health response so far to the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to hear from you wherever in the world you work, in whichever sector and whatever your environmental health …

Practical guidance for local authority enforcement officers: read all about it

Two recent publications will be of interest to Environmental Health Officers as well as other local authority enforcement officers. The books, ‘Investigation and Prosecution: practical guidance for local authority enforcement officers’ and ‘Enforcement Notices: practical guidance for local authority enforcement officers’ are written by Julie Barratt,  who is both a Barrister who practised local government …

#HousingDay 7th October: The Importance of Home

Did you know that today is #HousingDay, an annual 24-hour social media event designed to celebrate the positive impact of social housing? This year, the theme is: The Importance of Home, highlighting the importance of a safe, secure and affordable place to call home. Housing Day lead Leslie Channon said: “Never has there been more …

World Environmental Health Day 26th September

https://www.ifeh.org/wehd/2020/WEHD2020.pdf

CIEH summer series webinars, booking now

Please read on for details about the forthcoming CIEH summer series of West of England Environmental Health webinars, shared by Ellis Turner. They are free for everyone😊 and have a range of seakers from practice, EH student research and heritage education. 10:00 – 12:00, 6th August: West of England presents: Perspectives of HHSRS, HMOs, Overcrowding …

Housing and poverty: determinants of health, present and past

This Inside Housing article confirms the housing and health links that EHPs continue to address in their work, as they have done since the 1840s. Covid-19 housing work is currently an urgent issue: https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-housing-pandemic-four-graphs-showing-the-link-between-covid-19-deaths-and-the-housing-crisis-66562?utm_source=Ocean%20Media%20Group&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11575108_IH-THE-FRIDAY-LONG-READ-29-5-2020-GR&dm_i=1HH2,6W3ES,NX6NC2,ROCH0,1 For more on environmental health housing interventions in history, see: 1848-1914 - https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/tackling-the-slums-part-1/ 1914-1939 - https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/tackling-the-slums-addison-and-the-sanitary-inspectors-part-2-1914-1939/ I am also still looking …

Journals of a Pandemic: a collective writing project

EHRNet followers may be interested in contributing to the following that our museum colleagues are leading on: We’re documenting the impact of the Covid-19 on our lives. Journals of a Pandemic is a collective writing project to bring together personal impressions and experiences. The focus is on the written word as a means for recording …

Some thoughts on EHPs & #EHCOVID19

I write in a personal capacity (these are not my employers views etc) as an EHP in a public health team working across three councils, the regional NHS and other sectors. I’ve been working on the outbreak for nearly 8 weeks now, the last 4 weeks full time. My roles mainly focus on answering questions …

Coronavirus (Covid 19): environmental health good practice

Dear friends, In these challenging times, we are all feeling a bit lost as to what we can do to help. We are all needing to adapt how we work, and trying to manage our changing home lives. If you have any good practice examples of what you are doing around Covid 19 in your …