Policy
Policy-making at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has a Policy Unit which is responsible for the development of CIEH policy and practice in all areas of environmental health. Specialist policy officers cover the following areas:
- Environmental protection
- Housing
- Food safety
- Health and safety at work
- Public health
- Local government / better regulation
The work of the Policy Unit includes the following:
- Developing and representing policy and practice to external agencies, including government
- Lobbying regional assemblies, regional agencies, and national and local government for improvements in health legislation and policies
- Responding to consultation documents on behalf of the profession
- Promoting environmental health at European and international levels
- Liaising with other professional bodies and non-governmental organisations
- Providing speakers for conferences and seminars
- Giving media interviews and running public awareness campaigns
For further information or to contact a member of the team, please call
020 7287 5821 or email info@cieh.org
Latest Press Releases
- Climate change will push more people into food poverty, says CIEH
- Climate change conference to expose skin cancer timebomb
- Government must act on growing pest menace posed by climate change, says CIEH
- Action on climate change key to achieving health and sustainable communities, says CIEH
- Action needed now on climate change, says CIEH
- Repair existing house stock to improve health and save the planet
- Rugg Review instigates debate
- Government measures to tackle fuel poverty inadequate
- Good Housing Leads To Good Health: A toolkit for environmental health practitioners
- Delay decision on Scores on the Doors CIEH tells the FSA

