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Public Health Career Development - Core Workforce
UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) is an independent, dedicated regulator for public health professionals in the United Kingdom, providing professional regulation to public health specialists, specialty registrars and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds, all of whom have a common core of knowledge, and skills. (UKPHR Practitioner video)
Individuals that wish to apply for Public Health Practitioner registration must do so through their local scheme and undergo a rigorous and quality assured process of
assessment and verification by trained public health professionals. Applicants must already be working as a public health professional with autonomy in their own area of public health practice (for a minimum of 2 years).
Click here for more information on eligibility criteria and all other aspects of Public Health Practitioner registration.
Expressions of interest can be registered here: https://forms.office.com/r/ZT8KkqjY72
School of Public Health | Health Education North West (nwpgmd.nhs.uk)
The School of Public Health train and educate public health experts and leaders to serve the people of the North West and beyond. Training in Public Health is multidisciplinary: about half of our Specialty Registrars are from a medical background, and half from other professions.
North West School of Public Health training placements are grouped into three geographies – Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside, and Cumbria and Lancashire. An individual Specialty Registrar will normally be based in one of these geographies throughout their training. However, they might take advantage of special training opportunities in other geographies within the North West or elsewhere in the UK, especially later in training
Faculty of Public Health: The Public Health Practitioners Accredited programme (PHPAP)
The Public Health Practitioners Accredited programme (PHPAP) provides an excellent opportunity to develop professional competence and expertise for public health practitioners and wider public health workforce. The learning sessions support attendees in the acquisition and application of knowledge and understanding required by the UK Public Health Practitioner (UKPHR) standards and have been mapped to the UKPHR practitioners’ standards (2018 edition).
The Faculty also offers accreditation via submission of a summative written assessment as an optional aspect of the programme. This is for practitioners who would like to gain an accredited certification at the required level for UKPHR Practitioner Registration. For practitioners working towards UKPHR registration, this contributes to portfolio requirements for the demonstration of underpinning knowledge of the public health standards.
Faculty of Public Health: Specialty Training
This provides guidance on specialty training for registrars, supervisors and those considering entering the specialty. The curriculum describes all the required components of training leading to completion of training in public health which normally for five years or more. The curriculum provides a framework within which registrars and supervisors can determine and understand the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours which will allow a registrar to achieve the level of competence required of a specialist to undertake consultant level practice. It has been future-proofed by adhering to enduring principles of the practice of public health rather than the detail of the current systems within which health and social care is currently delivered in the four administrations with the UK. The curriculum as developed should therefore be relevant through structural reorganisation and in different systems, cultures, and countries.
The curriculum defines and describes the processes of training including recruitment, induction, assessment and remediation, phases of training, settings, learning methods and outcomes. Learning outcomes are the statements that describe core elements of learning that a registrar will be required to obtain whilst in training. The curriculum describes at what stage of training these learning outcomes should be gained.
Royal Society for Public Health UK
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is an independent campaigning and educational charity dedicated to improving and protecting the health of people just like you – both in the United Kingdom and around the world. Choose from our growing range of Online Courses - some leading to a formal Qualification (requires eAssessment, or assessment by a training centre approved by the RSPH Awarding Organisation), can contribute towards your CPD, help you gain useful skills and knowledge, or act as a foundation for further learning.
Master of Public Health (Web-based Learning) (2025 entry) | The University of Manchester
A Master of Public Health (MPH) is a postgraduate degree that prepares students for careers in public health. MPH programs teach students how to:
- Learn the skills and knowledge you need to address public health concerns at local, national and international level.
- Study when it suits you through online learning, with extensive support and an optional face-to-face induction.
- Have the option to specialise in Dental Public Health or Occupational Health.
- Some units can be taken as credited CPD through our Public Health Professional Development programme.
- The University of Manchester offer a full-time face-to-face MPH option.