This Week at theEHP: 30 January – 03 February

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This Week at theEHP: 30 January – 03 February

Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the previous week.

This week at theEHP we report on public attitudes on food safety, opinions and prosecutions.

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Oxford City Council is the first council in the country to introduce a HMO licensing scheme that covers the whole of its area and that requires every HMO to be licensed. It is estimated that this will involve licensing approximately 5000 properties in total. Read the full story here.

We have two Opinion articles for you this week. The first article by is Michael Eade of ENcentre. This article explains how environmental health departments can benefit from the use of email and multimedia resources. It provides examples of how video can be used as a first response or to convey key messages. There is a video embedded at the end of the article.

The second article is by Warren Fothergill of Group Safety Services. This article questions whether there is a need for a holistic safety passport for the renewable energy sector. Warren is inviting stakeholders to a meeting to determine the best way forward.

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General

Opinion: Social Media is not a challenge, it’s an opportunity
Digital and social technology seems to advance exponentially. People have smart phones; APPs for this and that; and a multitude of friends and business acquaintances that they have never met. We’re also all a bit more demanding and expect information and services to be available at our fingertips. What do you think people say when they are told that someone from the Council will get back to them within the next 5 working days? (By Michael Eade of ENcentre) (Video Embedded)

Food Safety

Food Safety: Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker results released by FSA
The Agency’s latest public attitudes tracker shows that the main food safety issue people continue to be concerned about is food hygiene when eating out. Other issues include food poisoning and the use of additives in food.

Food Safety: Indian restaurant fined for food hygiene offences
The owner of a Tandooi restaurant has been found guilty and fined £3,635 for nine separate food hygiene offences, at Basildon Magistrates Court on Wednesday 18 January (Photos on Flickr).

Food Safety: Pub manager guilty of food offences for 2nd time in a year
The former manager of a Stockton public house fell foul of food safety laws for the second time in a year. At the time of the offences, Helen Smallwood, aged 57, from Stockton, was manager of the Rimswell Hotel in Fairfield, which is now under new management and has no connection with her (Photos on Flickr).

Food Safety: Fine & community order for unhygenic pizza shop owner
Food hygiene offences cost the owner of a Stockton pizza shop more than £350 in costs and a community order for 160 hours of unpaid work following a successful prosecution by Stockton Council’s environmental health officers (Photos on Flickr).


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Health & Safety

Health & Safety: False identity leads to prosecution for Peterborough man
A self-employed plumber has been fined for posing as a registered gas fitter to try to carry out work on gas appliances at a Peterborough take-away.

Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 30 January – 03 February
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE.

Health & Safety: Oxford landlord fined for failing to meet basic gas safety regs
An Oxford landlord has been fined for endangering the lives of his tenants after consistently failing to provide safety records for gas appliances at a property he rented out in Didcot.

Opinion: Is there a need for a holistic safety passport for the renewable energy sector?
In the emerging renewable energy sector, developing any health and safety systems and guidelines that offer a ‘minimal’ standard of health and safety information for workers seems to be slow to evolve.

Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 23 January – 27 January (Updated 03-02-12)
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE. 5 New Articles Added.

Housing

Housing: Oxford scheme licenses every HMO in the city
Oxford City Council’s groundbreaking new powers for licensing houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) will start to license every HMO in the city from the end of the month.



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Video Preview: Your Noise Complaint
This is the introduction to ENcentre’s Noise Nuisance DVD. The film shows first few minutes of the 15 min DVD aimed at people suffering from noise pollution problems in the UK. It is suitable for individual and local authority use.

Video Preview: Condensation in Homes
This is the introduction to ENcentre’s DVD on condensation in homes. The film is approximately 15 minutes long and provides information to occupants on the prevention of condensation and mould in buildings. It is suitable for local authority and housing association use as a first response to clients.

Essential Apps: Drop a Pin With Google Maps
Welcome to Essential Apps, where we take a quick look at useful iPhone applications. In the first Essential Apps we take a quick look at the Google Maps drop a pin feature. You should find this application useful when you are investigating trespassers on land, noise nuisances or accumulations of waste. Google Maps comes pre-installed […]

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