Public Health Practitioners – an employer perspective

Sally HoggAssistant Director of Public Health

Suffolk County Council

How will local authorities welcome registration?

Public health workforce

• Need for a competent and skilled public health capacity to achieve public health outcomes.

• The economic situation demands a different approach –supporting communities to be more resilient.

• Assurance – professional competence against national standards.

• Public health expertise in a wide range of services and ability to share experience.

What are the benefits of a workforce that is professionally

registered, competent and current?

UKPHR Public Health Practitioner Registration will provide:

• Credible workforce• Protecting the population• Extending the reach of public health professionalism• Developing the public health family• Career pathway• System thinking: developing a common

understanding• Mechanism for consistent performance

management

What are local authorities looking for when they

commission public health services?

Public health commissioning in local authorities:

• Innovation and creativity• An understanding of public health principals

and the Public Health Outcomes Framework• Understanding of evidence and evaluation• Understanding of the political environment• Credible workforce• Part of the wider public health family