Jenny Wright, Fiona Sim, and Katie Ferguson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447300335
- eISBN:
- 9781447311690
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300335.001.0001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
The book is an important addition to the history of public health in England. Starting in the 1970s, with a brief overview of earlier periods, it charts the events leading to the unique achievement ...
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The book is an important addition to the history of public health in England. Starting in the 1970s, with a brief overview of earlier periods, it charts the events leading to the unique achievement from 2003 of specialist status, equivalent to public health medical consultants, for those from non-medical backgrounds. Setting these changes in context, it discusses later implications, changes and developments for practitioners and for the wider UK public health workforce. A lively and comprehensive review of policy change, the book concludes with a reflection on the new public health system in England, making useful comparisons with the rest of the UK and internationally. In addition to factual and historical source material, the book makes extensive use of comments from individuals prominent in furthering the changes that took place from two Witness Seminars as well as a series of interviews specially conducted for this book. This is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in public health, the workforce and its current state of development. It will also be of interest to public health academics and relevant postgraduate students.Less
The book is an important addition to the history of public health in England. Starting in the 1970s, with a brief overview of earlier periods, it charts the events leading to the unique achievement from 2003 of specialist status, equivalent to public health medical consultants, for those from non-medical backgrounds. Setting these changes in context, it discusses later implications, changes and developments for practitioners and for the wider UK public health workforce. A lively and comprehensive review of policy change, the book concludes with a reflection on the new public health system in England, making useful comparisons with the rest of the UK and internationally. In addition to factual and historical source material, the book makes extensive use of comments from individuals prominent in furthering the changes that took place from two Witness Seminars as well as a series of interviews specially conducted for this book. This is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in public health, the workforce and its current state of development. It will also be of interest to public health academics and relevant postgraduate students.
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/9781447300335.003.0005
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter sets out the formal process for regulation of non-medical specialists for public protection. It charts the establishment in 2003 of the UK Public Health (Voluntary) Register as the ...
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This chapter sets out the formal process for regulation of non-medical specialists for public protection. It charts the establishment in 2003 of the UK Public Health (Voluntary) Register as the regulatory body, the initial three year window for retrospective recognition, pending the start of formal training schemes, and the processes by which this was achieved. It outlines the thinking behind registration of specialists with skills predominantly in one sphere of public health and concludes with discussion around the future of specialist regulation as it potentially moves from voluntary to statutory status, requires those registered to demonstrate evidence of participation in formal CPD and prepares processes for revalidation.Less
This chapter sets out the formal process for regulation of non-medical specialists for public protection. It charts the establishment in 2003 of the UK Public Health (Voluntary) Register as the regulatory body, the initial three year window for retrospective recognition, pending the start of formal training schemes, and the processes by which this was achieved. It outlines the thinking behind registration of specialists with skills predominantly in one sphere of public health and concludes with discussion around the future of specialist regulation as it potentially moves from voluntary to statutory status, requires those registered to demonstrate evidence of participation in formal CPD and prepares processes for revalidation.
