HEN Consultation Responses
The Network offers a multi-disciplinary response to national consultations. This page offers details of all its consultation responses and downloads of the responses themselves.
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Consultation responses:
Climate Change Bill consultation (April 2008)
SNH Draft corporate strategy (March 2008)
SEPA Draft climate change plan (March 2008)
Transport Strategy (July 2006)
Forestry Strategy (September 2005)
Sustainable Development Strategy (August 2005)
Environmental Pollution – Urban Environment (July 2005)
Noise (May 2005)
Climate Change (February 2005)
Smoke Free Public Places (September 2004)
"Taking it on" – the UK Sustainable Development Framework (July 2004)
Strategic Environmental Assessment (March 2004)
How responses are made
Responses to formal consultations are drafted by Network subgroups as appropriate to topic under consideration and circulated by e-mail to all Network members for comment and suggested revision before being submitted to the appropriate agency. Member organisations and individuals also respond directly to such consultations.
Consultation responses:
Climate Change Bill consultation (April 2008)
The network response to this Bill recognised the importance of synergies between actions on climate change and health and called for increased recognition of these links within the draft Bill.
DownloadClimate Change Bill consultation (April 2008)
SNH draft corporate strategy (March 2008)
The Network response to this strategy underlined the associations between the natural environment, green spaces and health and well being, and the importance of these to health improvement and health protection.
Download SNH Draft corporate strategy (March 2008)
SEPA draft climate change plan (March 2008)
The network response to this plan recognised the synergies between actions on climate change and health, and suggested a higher recognition of the links within the document.
Download SEPA Draft climate change plan (March 2008)
Transport Strategy (July 2006)
The Network response to the Scottish Transport Strategy (July 2006) underlined the links between transport strategy and sustainable development and health.
Download Scottish Transport Strategy response
Forestry Strategy (September 2005)
The Network response to the Forestry Strategy Consultation (September 2005) discussed the importance of forestry for climate change and contact with the natural environment for health and in particular wellbeing.
Download Forestry Strategy Consultation response
Sustainable Development Strategy (August 2005)
The Network response to the Scottish Sustainable Development Strategy (August 2005) underlined the importance of climate change for health locally and globally, and drew parallels between the concerns of sustainable development and public health.
In addition it called for consideration of the impacts on health and wellbeing on proposed developments (including consideration of the total burden to local communities of the proposal with in situ environmental burdens.
Download Scottish Sustainable Development Strategy response
Environmental Pollution – Urban Environment (July 2005)
The Network response to the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution call for evidence on the urban environment (July 2005) underlined the Network’s broad interpretation of the way in which the environment influences health (including psycho-social influences) and made clear links with the environmental justice agenda.
Download Environmental Pollution – Urban Environment response
Noise (May 2005)
The Network response to the Scottish Executive consultation on noise (May 2005) underlined the need for assessing cumulative noise exposure to communities (rather than separating sources of noise).
Download Scottish Executive consultation on noise response
Climate Change (February 2005)
The Network response to the UK consultation on "Taking it on" (the UK sustainable development framework) (July 2004) took the view that there should be overt links made between sustainable development and health and wellbeing, and emphasised links with environmental justice.
The Network response to the Scottish Executive consultation on Climate Change (February 2005) welcomed the strategy and the health dividends which would accrue, and underlined synergies with public health campaigns.
Download Scottish Executive consultation on Climate Change response
Smoke Free Public Places (September 2004)
The Network response to the Scottish Executive consultation on smoke free public places (September 2004) welcomed the proposal and provided an evidence based response on the links between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and health.
Download Scottish Executive Consultation on Smoke Free Public Places response
"Taking it on" – the UK Sustainable Development Framework (July 2004)
Download "Taking it on" – the UK Sustainable Development Framework response
Strategic Environmental Assessment (March 2004)
The Network response to the Scottish Executive consultation on strategic environmental assessment (March 2004) called for a holistic view of environmental effects on health including consideration of wellbeing, and pointed to the use of methods associated with Health Impact Assessment.
Download Scottish Executive Consultation on Strategic Environmental Assessment response