Smoke free premises and vehicles legislation
For information on how to comply visit
www.smokefreengland.gov.uk, freephone 0800 169
1697 or City of London 020 7332 3630 or email
contact.centre@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
To complain about smoking in a smoke free place or premises:
telephone the National Compliance Helpline 0800 587 1667 or City of
London 020 7332 3630 or email
contact.centre@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
Want to quit? Freephone 0800 169 1943 or visit
www.rsq.org.uk/.
The mission statement of the City’s Environmental Health Service
is:
"To provide a comprehensive and effective environmental health
service for the City of London, ensuring that, through monitoring,
regulation and enforcement, City residents and businesses can enjoy
an environment and services which are, so far as possible, safe and
without risks to their health or welfare"
The Environmental Health Service is one of six service divisions
of the Department of Environmental Services, and provides a
comprehensive environmental health service to the City of London -
“The Square Mile” – the world’s leading financial centre.
We have moved: The Service’s operational base
has moved to offices at Walbrook Wharf, Upper Thames
Street. Our postal address remains unchanged.
The Service may be contacted by telephone, fax, email or in
person.
Telephone +44 (0)20 7332 3630
Fax +44 (0)20 7332 1623
Email
DES-Enquiries@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Contacting the Out-of-Hours Duty Officer
The Service’s Out-of-Hours Duty Officer is also contactable
outside normal working hours via Guildhall Security.
Out of hours +44 (0)20 7606 3030
The wide range of activities undertaken by the Environmental
Health Service fall into three broad categories:
Food;
Health and
Safety (including
Pest Control); and
Environmental Pollution Control. The Service also undertakes
Meat Inspection and associated duties at London Central Markets
(Smithfield) on behalf of the
Meat Hygiene Service an executive arm of the
Food Standards
Agency.
Service Targets
Each year the Environmental Health Service produces its Service
Targets.
These targets are in support of both the City of London’s Vision
and its Sustainable Community Strategy 2008-2014, and national
initiatives and campaigns by organisations such as the Food
Standards Agency and the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
Enforcement Policy
The City of London is a signatory to the Government's
Enforcement Concordat and all enforcement
decisions are taken with reference to both this and to our own
Regulatory Services’ Enforcement Policy which covers all
regulatory services carried out by the Department of
Environmental Services.
Download a copy of the Enforcement
Policy (125kb)
This policy has recently been augmented by a specific
Accident Investigation Policy which details how we decide
upon which health & safety accidents notified to us we follow
through to a full on-site investigation.
Download a copy of the Accident Investigation
Policy (56kb)
Enforcement powers
Our officers have a range of powers from various Acts of
Parliament delegated to them by the City of London.
If you would like to know the extent of the enforcement powers
that our officers have and what may happen when an officer visits
your home or place of work or contacts your business, then we have
set the details out in a simple Frequently Asked Questions
leaflet.
We always appreciate feedback on the variety of information and
guidance we provide and our “When An Environmental Health Officer
Calls ... - Frequently Asked Questions” leaflet is no exception so
after you’ve downloaded a copy below, please let us know your views
on its content, user-friendliness and over all how it helped
you.
Download a copy of our When An Environmental
Health Officer Calls ... leaflet (34kb)
Feedback
As well as these key issues above we are
always keen to hear people’s view on the Environmental Health
Service and welcome any comments you may have on your dealings with
us, on what you thing we should be focusing on, etc. and again all
comments can be sent to us by
email or in writing to :
Mr Philip K Thompson
Environmental Health Service Director
City of London
PO Box 270, Guildhall
London, EC2 P 2EJ.
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Environmental health
training
- To develop a career in Environmental Health you need to
undertake an accredited course that is recognised by the
Environmental Health Officers Registration Board, together with a
48 week work experience placement. Local authorities may run
appropriate courses and offer placements to students.
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Food safety
- risk assessment
- Risk assessments are a legal requirement for all food
businesses. The local authority require a risk assessment to be
carried out prior to registration of a food business.
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Pest control
- The service is provided for pests considered to be a risk to
public health or food safety including rats, house mice,
cockroaches and fleas. A service may also be provided to control
pests that may become a nuisance in houses such as a wide range of
beetles, silverfish, earwigs and wasps.
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Public health
- cooling tower notification
- All premises where cooling towers and evaporative condensers
are situated must register with the local authority under The
Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers
Regulations 1992.
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Rabies
protection
- All rabies susceptible animals entering the UK are required to
spend six months in quarantine, unless arriving under and complying
with all the conditions of the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS). The port
authority is responsible for ensuring that such animals are taken
directly into quarantine on arrival.