About the Royal Institute

The Royal Institute of Public Health is a leading independent body with an international reputation dedicated to the promotion, practise and protection of the highest standards of public health.

Our Vision:
To be recognised as a leading independent and international body dedicated to the promotion, practice and protection of public health.

Our Mission:
We will deliver our Vision by building our brand internationally and by using our skills and those of our members in education, accreditation, policy development and advocacy

Our Values:
We are:

• Driven by the highest possible standards in all we do
• Professional
• Ethical
• Mindful of the high value of our staff and our members
• Apolitical but politically aware
• Persuasive and courageous
  

Our Activities:

Membership
Serving our members is an essential part of our work. The Royal Institute's international membership includes a multidisciplinary cross-section of health professionals and hygiene specialists whose work involves the protection and improvement of public health. Members' benefits include a members' journal, numerous networking opportunities to keep them informed on current public health issues and the use of designatory letters. Corporate membership of the Royal Institute is available for companies that can demonstrate a commitment to public health.

Publications
Publications are a core part of our service. Our two journals Public Health and Health & Hygiene have an international readership and form an important part of our strategy to raise awareness of public health issues.

We publish a wide range of training materials including student handbooks, tutor guides, training standards and syllabuses.

Qualifications As an accredited awarding body the Royal Institute provides a portfolio of qualifications which are directly relevant to the workplace. These include food hygiene and safety (including HACCP), nutrition, mortuary hygiene and salon hygiene.

Accreditation We have been running accreditation services continuously since 1904, endorsing products and services which contribute to improvements in hygiene, public health and safety. We operate two accreditation services, one for products and one for in-house company training programmes. The common theme is that both are concerned with maintaining high standards of public health, hygiene and safety. The Product Accreditation Service is designed to assess the health and hygiene claims made by organisations in their marketing materials, while the Training Accreditation Service offers companies an independent evaluation of their training programmes to verify the quality of their content, implementation and value for money.

Courses and Symposia
Our wide ranging programme of conferences, courses and symposia helps to bring important public health topics into the spotlight and provide delegates with essential professional updating, platforms for debate and networking opportunities.

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