RSPH In Conversation With....Professor Sir Michael Marmot
13 June 2012
The Royal Society for Public Health, with support from the Philipp Family Foundation, has launched a series of podcasts, designed to tease out some of the key issues facing Public Health today, not just in the UK, but around the world.
In our first interview, RSPH is In Conversation With....Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who discusses how taking a health-centred approach to policy results in a fairer society, illustrated with examples from across the world.
This series of interviews comes at a time of critical importance, with rates of obesity rising, more stress-related illness than ever before and severe pressure on budgets in all areas of healthcare. Professor Richard Parish, Chief Executive of RSPH, introduces the interviews, setting out the key themes and the interconnection between them. “We are delighted that so many eminent people have been prepared to share their views through these podcasts, and we all believe it is vitally important for the issues around Public Health to be discussed and understood by the widest possible audience. As Local Authorities take on responsibility for this area, there is an enormous opportunity to put health at the centre of policy making, and use scarce funds wisely to improve the health of every community.”
You can listen to the interviews with Professor Richard Parish and Professor Sir Michael Marmot here>
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Notes to editors
- The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is an independent, multi-disciplinary organisation, dedicated to the promotion and protection of collective human health and wellbeing. Through advocacy, mediation, empowerment, knowledge and practice we advise on policy development, provide education and training services, encourage scientific research, disseminate information and certify products, training centres and processes.
- The RSPH is the oldest public health body in the world and enjoys patronage of Her Majesty the Queen
- It is a registered charity formed in October 2008 with the merger of the Royal Society of Health (RSH) and the Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH)
- The RSPH is an awarding body recognised by Ofqual. Around 100,000 students take our qualifications each year through our network of over 1500 training centres throughout the UK. Our qualifications cover areas including health improvement, food hygiene, pest control, health & safety, nutrition and emergency planning.
- The RSPH is a membership organisation with over 6,000 members. Membership of RSPH is a widely recognised mark of commitment to public health and brings real professional benefits.
- The RSPH run a wide variety of conferences covering topics such as food safety, water, infection control and occupational medicine as well as training programmes covering all aspects of health improvement
- The RSPH run an accreditation service for health and safety related products and manage the second largest food packaging certification scheme in the UK
