How Trading Standards
contribute to Public Health
Philip Thomas
Head of Public Protection &
StreetSmart, Swindon Borough Council
Trading Standards promote enterprise
and a fair trading environment
DO THEY HAVE A ROLE IN PUBLIC
HEALTH?
Areas that TS can be involved
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Tackling ill-health and communicable disease
Improving quality of life
Community safety and crime prevention
Supporting/protecting the vulnerable
Community regeneration - sustainable business/social
responsibility
Integrated approach to public health /partnership working
Plate to fork: food/drink/animal health
Children and families and schools – age-restricted sales etc
Health and Safety – Product Safety
What we need
• To engage with the Health & Well Being
Boards
• Look at outcomes not outputs
• Be able to measure our impact
• Scientific data to support our work