Jenny Wright, Fiona Sim, and Katie Ferguson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447300335
- eISBN:
- 9781447311690
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300335.003.0003
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter charts the start of the quest for recognition of public health practitioners from backgrounds other than medicine. It sets out national processes leading to the establishment of the ...
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This chapter charts the start of the quest for recognition of public health practitioners from backgrounds other than medicine. It sets out national processes leading to the establishment of the Tripartite Group and the progress made by lobbying groups such as the Multidisciplinary Public Health Forum in the context of changing government policies which started to favour a move to multidisciplinary public health at senior levels. It includes the initial reaction of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine including creating honorary membership for non-medics, but voting not to admit non-medics as full members through to the 1998 vote for first stage admittance of non-medics via sitting Part I of Faculty examinations. The 1990s also saw the formal start of development opportunities for senior practitioners working in non-medical public health such as opening up Masters in Public Health courses.Less
This chapter charts the start of the quest for recognition of public health practitioners from backgrounds other than medicine. It sets out national processes leading to the establishment of the Tripartite Group and the progress made by lobbying groups such as the Multidisciplinary Public Health Forum in the context of changing government policies which started to favour a move to multidisciplinary public health at senior levels. It includes the initial reaction of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine including creating honorary membership for non-medics, but voting not to admit non-medics as full members through to the 1998 vote for first stage admittance of non-medics via sitting Part I of Faculty examinations. The 1990s also saw the formal start of development opportunities for senior practitioners working in non-medical public health such as opening up Masters in Public Health courses.
Jenny Wright, Fiona Sim, and Katie Ferguson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447300335
- eISBN:
- 9781447311690
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300335.003.0004
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter sets out the changes following New Labour government policy to create non-medical specialists in public health with equivalent status to consultants in public health including ...
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This chapter sets out the changes following New Labour government policy to create non-medical specialists in public health with equivalent status to consultants in public health including non-medical Directors of Public Health. Key changes described include a second vote within the Faculty of Public Health Medicine to permit non-medics to sit Part II of the Faculty examinations in 2001 as well as the development of job descriptions, processes within the Faculty to ‘piggy-back’ non-medical appointments within the existing statutory medical appointments advisory committee structures. From 2003 the Faculty agreed to drop ‘Medicine’ from its title. The chapter also charts the development across England of support mechanisms for aspiring specialists. Other key changes are outlined including national agreement across key organisations on the ten key areas of public health, establishing the three domains of public health, categorising the whole of the public health workforce and setting up networks and an annual conference to share and harness expertise. The Health Protection Agency was established during this period.Less
This chapter sets out the changes following New Labour government policy to create non-medical specialists in public health with equivalent status to consultants in public health including non-medical Directors of Public Health. Key changes described include a second vote within the Faculty of Public Health Medicine to permit non-medics to sit Part II of the Faculty examinations in 2001 as well as the development of job descriptions, processes within the Faculty to ‘piggy-back’ non-medical appointments within the existing statutory medical appointments advisory committee structures. From 2003 the Faculty agreed to drop ‘Medicine’ from its title. The chapter also charts the development across England of support mechanisms for aspiring specialists. Other key changes are outlined including national agreement across key organisations on the ten key areas of public health, establishing the three domains of public health, categorising the whole of the public health workforce and setting up networks and an annual conference to share and harness expertise. The Health Protection Agency was established during this period.
