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School of Public Health North East
To strategically lead the development of capacity to improve health and wellbeing, and reduce inequalities in health, for the population of the North East of England, in line with the Better Health Fairer Health vision.
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Practitioner Network Meeting
Public Health Practitioner Network events are taking place on two days in July in different parts of the North East. The meetings are suitable for all practitioners who want to provide portfolio evidence of competence relating to the Public Health Skills and Career Framework (PHSCF). In addition the event will provide an opportunity to identify CPD needs with which the Network can help through short events etc.
More information is available here.
Public Health Workforce Strategy
Following the public health workforce consultation last year, the Department of Health has published the Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Public Workforce Strategy document.
More information on the consultation and the response from The School of Public Health North East is available below.
The workforce strategy, a summary of responses and the original consultation documents are available via this link:
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Making Every Contact Count
The Fuse Quarterly Research Meeting originally planned for January has been recheduled for Friday 26th April.
For more information on the morning QRM visit the event page.
This meeting will be followed by an afternoon session exloring the opportinuties and barriers to implementing Making Every Contact Count across different organisations.
More information and registration for the afternoon is available here.
Briefing for Local Authorities
A paper outlining education, training and workforce development implications for local authorities taking responsibility for public health from April 2013 is available in our Local Education and Training Board (LETB) pages.
Final Response to the Public Health Workforce Consultation
The final response to the workforce strategy consultation, as submited to the Department of Health, is now available to download.
Many thanks to all who contributed following the earlier publication of the draft response.
Final response submitted to the workforce strategy consultation, June 2012.
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Updates on Practitioner Registration
An update on progress towards statutory regulation of Public Health Specialists is available within our practitioner pages.The latest information is available here.
Information about a Practitioner Network Event on 27th November 2012 is also available within the Practitioner section of the website.
Healthy Lives, Healthy People: towards a workforce strategy for the public health system
The long awaited workforce consultation has now been published at http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/consult-workforce/. In line with the vision set out in Healthy Lives, Healthy People the public health workforce will be employed by a range of different employers. Under the new system there is a need to set out at high level, how new integrated ways of working will help to sustain and develop a public health workforce for the future, including training, education and continued professional development (CPD).
The aim of the public health workforce consultation is to set out proposals for a workforce strategy that would support highly qualified and motivated public health specialists, who will be employed in a range of settings including local government, the NHS and Public Health England. The consultation also explores ways in which employers can provide opportunities to deliver, develop and embed public health knowledge and skills into the wider workforce.
In addition to these proposals the consultation document includes a number of questions (summarised in annex A) about further action appropriate for inclusion in the final strategy.
The consultation period runs from 27th March – June 29th 2012. The School and work streams of the School will be drafting a response, please check back soon for further updates and discussion.
Notes from the Head of the School, David Chappel, including an introduction to the consultation and next steps, are available to download below.
A brief summary of the consultation.
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Healthy Lives, Healthy People: towards a workforce strategy for the public health system
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Consultation on a proposed public health workforce strategy impact assessment
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A paper from David Chappel, Head of School
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Update on the New Public Health System
The Department of Health has published a series of factsheets detailing the new public health system including
- the role and responsibilities for local government
- the operating model for Public Health England
- an overview of how the whole system will fit together
Download the files below for more information and the factsheets can be found on the Department of Health website
Transition Update 20 Dec 2011
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Q&A on the New Public Health System, 20 Dec 2011
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Slide show giving more detail on the changes to the Public Health system
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The February 2012 Transforming Public Health Bulletin is available to download from the Department of Health via the following link
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