Working for practitioners and the public health community
David Kidney
Chief Executive, UK Public Health Register
Practitioner Registration for London
Friday 14th March 2014
RSPH, Portland Place, London W1B 1LY
The UKPHR aims to protect the public and promote
public confidence in public health practice through:
• Setting and promoting standards for admission to the
Register and for remaining on the register (with FPH
and other standard setting bodies)
• Publishing a Register of competent professionals
• Dealing with registered professionals who fail to meet
the necessary standards
Department of Health/Public Health England/ Local
Government Association:
Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A public health
workforce strategy (April 2013)
Identifying the public health workforce:
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Leadership group (Specialists)
Public health practitioners
Wider workforce (education, social care etc)
Routes to register:
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Standard – FPH’s training course (usually 5 years)
Recognition of Specialist Status – (exceptional)
retrospective portfolio assessment
Defined Specialist – retrospective portfolio
assessment
Dual registration – optional (MoU with GMC &
GDC)
Developmental Portfolio Route (paused)
There are currently 10 schemes across the UK
They cover major UK cities (Birmingham, Bristol,
Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Newcastle ...)
Over 100 Practitioners have so far registered
There are over 400 more working towards
registration
The local schemes have recruited over 130
volunteer assessors and verifiers who have been
trained and approved by UKPHR
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Potentially large volume of practitioner registrants
Therefore localised approach is feasible (in
contrast to arrangements for specialists)
Assessment and verification undertaken (and coordinated) through local schemes
Currently, local scheme can refuse to take
applications from outside its ‘geographical’ area and
UKPHR cannot accept applications centrally
UKPHR wants to change these features
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[Practitioner]“It allows the world to know that we are
‘up to scratch’, that we are fit for purpose”
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[Scheme coordinator] “...saw this as a structure and
a ‘hook’ to help develop a culture of learning within
the public health system”
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[Employer] “... individuals aware of strengths and
development needs.... credible workforce in all
sectors.... ability to plan the workforce and flex
capacity.... more motivated workforce means better
health outcomes”
UKPHR works with partner organisations
UK Faculty of Public Health, Local Government
Association, Royal Society for Public Health and more
UKPHR works with UK-wide institutions
Governments, agencies, professional bodies
UKPHR works with curriculum, education &
training providers
UKPHR works with other regulators
UKPHR Board has lay representation
The register is publicly available
UKPHR operates a Consultative Forum
UKPHE engages with wide range of stakeholders:
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Public Health Workforce Advisory Group
Public Health England skills passport steering group
PHORCaST careers website
Centre for Workforce Intelligence
Higher Education Institutions
An effective regulator removing bad apples
A proactive regulator correcting slips in practice early
An active regulator sharing knowledge and good
practice
A positive regulator committed to continuous
improvement in its own performance
A team player regulator committed to continuous
improvement in public health practice
Public Health
England
Cancer
Communities
& People
Preventing
Disease
Clinical
Effectiveness
Sexual
Health
Alcohol
Protecting
People
Reducing
Health
Inequalities
Promoting
Health
Screening
Programme
Knowledge
Management
JSA
For further information about UKPHR’s practitioner
registration please contact:
David Kidney
Chief Executive, UK Public Health Register
Tel: 020 7827 5841
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.publichealthregister.org.uk