The RSPH is an independent charity formed in October 2008 with the merger of the Royal Society of Health (RSH) and the Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH). It has 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 RSPH qualifications each year in subjects such as food hygiene, health and safety, nutrition and health improvements. The RSPH also runs conferences in food safety, hospital hygiene, water, infection control, occupational medicine and nutrition for the elderly. It works in all areas of public health policy, and we link with many other organisations. The RSPH runs an accreditation service for health and safety related products and we also manage the second largest food packaging certification scheme in the UK.
