You may be aware that Encentre have been monitoring food hygiene data from across the UK. We benchmark food authority services in order to identify trends and enable local authorities to prioritise resources. A lot of local authorities work in different ways so we concentrate on outcomes rather than enforcement outputs; this also gives us a much clearer idea of performance for planning purposes.

The data for the 2014-2015 administrative period provided some really interesting research results. We would like to highlight one of the success stories in the 2014-2015 administrative period. This particular story involves a local authority area in England. So, what happened?

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Local Authority Spending Cuts - Exploring New Ways of Working

The aim of the course/workshop is to showcase and explore ideas that may enable local authority environmental health practitioners can improve service delivery in an era of diminishing budgets.

During the event we will highlight and share examples of good practice. Featured service areas include food hygiene and neighbour noise, although content will be relevant to all regulatory functions.

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Recent research by Encentre into the field of regulatory intelligence and data management has led to some interesting findings. Some of these findings included:

• Food inspectors spend more time writing records and reports than inspecting;
• Over 85% of inspectors still record inspections on paper; and
• Over 58% of inspectors work from home.

The research, undertaken by Encentre, led to the development of a mobile inspection tool for food safety inspectors that:

• Simplifies record and report writing;
• Reduces paperwork by at least 1 hour per inspection; and
• Allows authorities to gather useable inspection data.

The tool, which was trialled recently, will be available to food authorities over the coming months. The project will be expanded to cover other regulatory matters soon after.

To register your interest please contact Encentre. DOWNLOAD the full WHITE PAPER.