Abstract
This paper reviews the considerable progress which the environmental health profession has achieved, particularly during the course of the past 10-20 years. The future of the profession is considered particularly in relation to the development of higher degree opportunities and progress of research, the expanding use of support and associate specialist staff, and the thorny area of meat inspection. Further re-organisation of local government is inevitable and the paper suggests the development of a broader based environmental health and public safety service within local government, mirrored nationally by a similar department at the Scottish Office. The key roles of the Environmental Health (Scotland) Unit and the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland in the future development of the profession are highlighted.
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