About Us

The RSPH [Royal Society for Public Health] is an independent charity formed in October 2008 with the merger of the Royal Society of Health (RSH [Royal Society of Health]) and the Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH [Royal Institute of Public Health]).

We have over 6,000 members including food hygiene specialists, public health doctors, health promotion specialists, pharmacists, environmental health officers, nutritionists, civil engineers, health and safety specialists and many others. Almost 100,000 people take our qualifications [RSPH training and courses lead to qualifications!] each year in subjects such as food hygiene, health and safety, nutrition and health improvements. We also run conferences in food safety, hospital hygiene, water, infection control, occupational medicine and nutrition for the elderly. Our publications include the journals Public Health and Perspectives in Public Health we also produce teaching materials for our qualifications [RSPH training and courses lead to qualifications!]. We work in all areas of public health policy, and we link with many other organisations.

We run an accreditation service for health and safety related products and we also manage the second largest food packaging certification scheme in the UK.

The RSPH [Royal Society for Public Health] has a Royal Charter and Her Majesty The Queen is our Patron.

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