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I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out Of Here!

Pete Hillwww.podomatic.com
The thoughts of an Environmental Health Practitioner passionate about improving Public Health but caught up in an ever changing world of bureaucracy and budget cuts.
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Episodes

Sugar Sugar

Its the final episode of Series 9 & Pete's off for a venti Grape with Chai, Orange and Cinnamon Hot Mulled Fruit but wait a minute.... who's that sitting next to him? I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented & produced by Pete Hill As featured on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Mar 27, 20169 min

Not a Second Time

Could England's failure to relive the glory days of 1966 be down to Glen Hoddle's diamond, Sven Goran Ericsons bank account, Steve Mclarens umbrella or is it all about air pollution? We've only 3 months to make up our minds to Brexit or not to Brexit that is the question. I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes store.

Mar 11, 201610 min

Food Hygiene Ratings & Toilet Ducks

This episode Pete asks do people really take any notice of Food Hygiene Ratings and can your toliet duck really kill you? Yes its as simple as that.... I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill As featured on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Feb 27, 201610 min

Hole in the Ground

The Jnr Doctors aren't happy,the food standards agency are decidedly grumpy, Climate Earth are fuming and in somewhere in Lancashire there's a man looking down a hole in the ground! Just another week on I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here then. Written, presented, and produced by Pete Hill As featured on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Feb 12, 20169 min

A Spoonful of Sugar

In a week when Tax has become the most Googled word on the internet Pete looks at why Auntie Ada who smoked 40 woodbines a day and lived to 104 might not be the best Public Health example. Its also a bad week for the kids with playground paint full of lead and the news that Mary Poppins wasn't always right! I'm A Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes store.

Jan 29, 201610 min

Its Behind You?

Its the final episode of Series 8....Oh No It Isn't...Oh Yes It Is! & in time honoured tradition Pete is taking the easy way out but looking back on some of the big stories of 2015.Cuts,Campylobacter and COP 21 all get the treatment before a plate of mince pies & a game of Hungry Hippos! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is wriiten, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

Dec 11, 201510 min

Low Budget

Basil Fawlty the Autumn Statement and Score on the Doors. Few words because from here on in we're on a Low Budget! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

Nov 27, 20159 min

Wake Up Boo!

Pete & Stan are trying to book their Xmas Meal but should they check the Food Hygiene Rating first? George Osborne is intent on carving up more than the Turkey and why won't those teenagers get out of bed? I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

Nov 13, 201511 min

Rats & Curve Balls

As VW Gate continues Pete finds more skeletons in the cupbard than a town full of trick or treaters.Then theres the sugar tax and who won't be sending George Osborne a Christmas Card this year? Oh and as America goes World Series mad home runs might just have a different meaning in Kansas! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

Oct 30, 201510 min

Whats On The End Of The Stick?

Will VW gate ever go away? Why are more people than ever going to work when they're ill? Why are Master Builders looking down holes? What is a caramel apple? And why is a man from Southampton locked in a room with Rick Astley? The answers to these questions and more on the latest episode of I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here. Written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

Oct 18, 20159 min

Choking in My Car

This week Pete finds himself right up the exhaust pipe of the motor industry looking for stray software. The tabloids are ranting about punters and the Bank of England is getting worried about Climate Change. I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill. As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

Oct 02, 20159 min

Dear Jezza

The country has been gripped by Corbyn Mania well except DEFRA who decided to bury their latest air quality consultation in the news storm. Will air quality ever improve, why is their still a health inequality gap, why are priests worried about psychoactive substances and why should you worry about your cucumber. So many questions and only one man to ask them…Dear Jezza… I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented, and produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks...

Sep 19, 20159 min

Pink Burgers & Too Much Telly

We're back with Series 8 & a lots been happening since we've been away. George Osborne is getting it in the neck about Public Health Cuts, the NHS are banning Junk Food and we can't even sit down for a burger and watch the telly! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill As featured on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes store.

Sep 04, 20159 min

Poultry in Motion

While MP's have voted for a 10% pay rise everyone else is looking to see if they can find a stray fiver down the back of the sofa. So what can we do? Well while we think about it remember no throwing your hat in the air or cuddling your favourite chicken! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on Uk Health Radio

Jul 17, 20159 min

Do You Feel Lucky Today?

Clint Eastwood is in the corner of the saloon, suddenly the kitchen door swings open and there standing in front of our hero is a waitress armed with only a silver tray "OK" she snarled through ruby red lips "Do You Feel Lucky Today?" I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out Of Here is Written, Presented and Produced by Pete Hill As Featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Jul 06, 20159 min

Go Ahead and Jump

The Chancellor is about to lop £200 million off the Public Health Budget and Pete's not a happy bunny. Then there's the strange case of the cartwheeling children of Plymouth. I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on Uk Health Radio

Jun 19, 201510 min

62& Counting

It's amazing the things you find on the tube but Pete's determined to return his latest discovery to its rightful owner, but not before he's had a good read. I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented & produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

May 29, 20159 min

50 Shades of Eric

So now its all over Pete asks what's in it for Public Health? Why are 20% of the population drinking too much and why you should always wash your parsley. Now lets get those flags flying before Eric disappears over the horizon! I'm a Public Health Professional Get me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete HIll As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio

May 15, 20159 min

Cuddly Pandas

There's less than a week to go until the general election and the parties are full of promises. Building 400,000 homes on contaminated sites might not be such a brilliant idea and who's going to sort out the air quality thats landed DEFRA in the dock? Pete & Stan still don't know who to vote for and there's not a cuddly Panda in sight!! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health ...

May 01, 20159 min

Tulips From Amsterdam

Series Six comes to a close with Pete contemplating a career change. But while he writes his application to One Direction there's plenty of news to catch up on. Air Quality is in the headlines again, someone has finally noticed that fast food and health care don't go together and how healthy is your High Street? I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on Uk Health Radio

Mar 27, 20159 min

Coughing Kids & Full Dustbins

No matter who you vote for the government always gets in as Pete's Granddad used to tell him! Why are our kids coughing and why is everyones dustbin full of food waste? Westminster has a lot to answer for…. I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Mar 06, 201510 min

Wurzel Mania

In this edition we look at: Why you can't always judge who's doing a good job in Food Hygiene, why noise is making us deaf to nature, congratulate the Green Party on a manifesto full of Public Health & celebrate the return of a group of pop legends! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on Uk Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Feb 20, 201511 min

Of Mice, Men & Nigel Farage

What's a former England footballer doing talking about asbestos. why are the people of Sweden a lot warmer and whats Nigel Farage got in store for Public Health? Oh and mind out that could be a Sherringham Bee!!! I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on Uk Health Radio

Feb 06, 201510 min

The Cat Crept In

The money is running out the nations waistlines are getting bigger and there's an election round the corner & what happened to Mango the cat? I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced and presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks HealthKicks show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Jan 23, 20159 min

One Step Beyond

Its Series Six we're waiting longer than ever at A&E, the HSE want businesses to toughen up, it could be the end of air quality monitoring as we know it, and don't even think about taking the lift to the second floor! As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Jan 09, 20159 min

Yes We Have No Bananas

Ever wondered how many food premises there were in the UK or who sells the most contaminated chicken? Why Air pollution is costing a packet & why the Monkeys in Wales aren't happy? Now's your chance to find out.. I'm A Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, produced & presented by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks HealthKicks Show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Dec 05, 201410 min

All I Want For Christmas Is…….

We're still a month away from the big day & there's bird flu in the air the FSA are worried about chickens and some MP's are finally waking up to the fact that cutting Environmental Health services might not be a good thing! Now open wide…………. I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store JigsawPSPH working with www.RHEnvironmental.co.uk

Nov 21, 20149 min

Bicycle Smoothies

It's not everyday you get made a Bicycle Smoothie & meet a cuddly Pea is it. That wasn't all Pete found at the second Hertfordshire Public Health Conference. I'm a Public Health Professional Get me Out of Here is written presented & produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks HealthKicks Show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store

Nov 07, 201414 min

Breaking Up The House

This week Pete & Stan tell us why 00.75% of the countries school kids might like to take a packed lunch, why taking Health & Safety advice from an Arctic explorer might not be a good idea and why MP's need to get out more often. All in another rip roaring episode of the nations favourite Public Health Podcast…..* I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented & produced by Pete Hill As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio and the iTun...

Oct 11, 201410 min

Goggle Box

This week Pete & Stan have been looking at Health Inequalities, dodgy dealings in the world of counterfeit tobacco, and asking whats new and shiny and sitting on Boris's mantelpiece? With special walk on part by Leonardo DiCaprio. I'm a Public Health Professional Get Me Out of Here is written, presented and produced by Pete Hill. As featured on John Hicks Health Kicks Show on UK Health Radio & at the iTunes Store JigsawPSPH working with www.RHEnvironmental.co.uk for a better Public Healt...

Sep 26, 20149 min
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