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Elizabeth Kirk is the first TS officer to become a public health practitioner

Richard Young

Posted 17 March 2020 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Enforcement Practice|South West


UPDATES: Cornwall officer Elizabeth Kirk becomes the first trading standards professional admitted to the UK Public Health Practitioner Register, highlighting the growing recognition of consumer protection's role in improving public health.

A trading standards officer in Cornwall has become the first in the country to be granted the status of Public Health Practitioner and to be admitted to the UK Public Health Practitioner Register.

Elizabeth Kirk, Senior Trading Standards Officer for Cornwall Council, has worked hard for the past seven years to demonstrate the direct links between trading standards enforcement and regulato...

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