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Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
FSA: The Food Standards Agency has produced a Welsh language version of the DVD for those working in butchers shops, to encourage them to think about the type of food safety risks they face in their business and how they should control them. It focuses on butchers talking about the steps they have taken to reduce food safety risks.
The DVD has been produced as part of the Agency’s response to addressing the recommendations of the public inquiry into the serious outbreak of E.coli O157 in Wales in 2005, and follows the earlier release of the English language version. It can be viewed online or you can order a copy from the FSA.
LSIS: A checklist to assist the further education sector offer higher education courses has been launched. The FE College/HE Institution Partnership Checklist has been developed by the Mixed Economy Group (MEG) and its member colleges, with support from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS).
ScotGov: Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer has reiterated advice for people to guard against the risk of vitamin D deficiency.
CEOP: The UK National Centre for Child Protection is running a campaign to help parents with internet safety. "The risks that children face may have changed but basic parenting skills remain the same" is the central message from the UK’s national centre for child protection - (CEOP) Centre.
ScotGov: New guidance was published last week by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to ensure further joined up working between responsible bodies during a flood event.
Flood Risk Management Planning in Scotland: Arrangements for 2012 – 2016 details the involvement of local partnerships & advisory groups, as well as the planned co-ordination with River Basin Management Planning and land-use planning. The guidance sets out the principal arrangements that will support the delivery of flood risk management at the local level.
