Working to Improve Public Health

Find out about local Environmental Health partnership working and national public health priorities and vision for the future.

The role of the council's Environmental Health service is to protect and enhance the environment of people who work, live and visit Eastbourne.

Our Environmental Health Practitioners (public health inspectors) are members of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), the national professional and educational body for the promotion of environmental health.

Local Partnership Working

Environmental Health works locally to improve public health and reduce health inequalities, in partnership with many local and national agencies, including through the Healthy Eastbourne Board.

Our Environmental Health Information Folder outlines our range of local services, or see What We Do in this section, where there are also pages highlighting some of our key local partnership initiatives.

Environmental Health services across Sussex have adopted a vision for the future to achieve improvements to the health and environment of the communities of Sussex.

We are working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and other councils in Sussex to support the Fit for Work, Fit for Life, Fit for Tomorrow health and safety campaign programme.

Key Players in Public Health

The CIEH has produced an Environmental Health factsheet, which you can download below, highlighting the important role practitioners play in protecting and promoting improvements in public health.

The factsheet shows the importance of Environmental Health in Local Area Agreements - partnership working between central and local government.

See Other Websites for links where you can learn more about Environmental Health topics, national priorities, policies and plans for the future, from the CIEH and other public health bodies.