3. 5-yearly re-registration of practitioners

The purpose of re-registration is to conduct a more rigorous check than at each annual renewal so as to monitor fitness to practise and promote improvement in the quality of public health practice.

UKPHR’s Board has approved a revalidation policy and guidance for practitioners, however has not agreed a launch date in order to ensure that appropriate arrangements are in place to support practitioners with professional appraisal.

You will be contacted 6 months prior to your re-registration with a request to submit your application. Reminders will follow until you acknowledge your upcoming deadline. If your application is not received in full before your re-registration date, your status on the register will automatically be reverted to ‘lapsed’ and your name will not be visible on the publicly viewable register. You will be provided 15 working days to complete the requirements and within this time, UKPHR staff are able to revert your status to ‘current’ with no additional fee. Beyond these 15-working days, registrants are required to apply for restoration and complete any outstanding requirements such as re-registration. For more information on how to apply for restoration, please click here.

To be re-issued a certificate of registration, you must submit the following:

• Completed application form
• Recent appraisal

– countersigned by someone registered at specialist level with the UKPHR, GMC or GDC
– completed within the last 12 months
– any type of appraisal under current re-registration policy

• Recent personal development plan

– countersigned by someone registered at specialist level with the UKPHR, GMC or GDC
– completed within the last 12 months

• Confirmation that CPD is up to date