4. Maintaining your CPD as a specialist

UKPHR has set mandatory CPD requirements for Specialist registrants as follows.

Specialists must meet UKPHR’s standard which is the standard published by the Faculty of Public Health (or an alternative professional equivalent) namely:

• participants must submit a minimum of three, and a maximum of six reflective notes each financial year,
• each reflective note must be linked to one or more PDP objective(s),
• there is no longer any requirement to record CPD points

How does UKPHR check specialist CPD compliance?

Annual renewal

You will declare each year through your annual renewal declaration form that you are complying with your CPD requirements. Please see extract below:

1. I declare that I am aware of the CPD requirements for continued registration, and I am undertaking learning appropriate to my practice and am maintaining CPD reflective notes with suitable evidence.
2. I am aware that I must record, keep safe and produce when required my CPD programme for the purpose of revalidation and fulfil the requirements of the revalidation (including re-registration) scheme.

CPD audit

UKPHR will not conduct CPD audits for its specialist registrants because UKPHR is satisfied with the audit process employed by the Faculty of Public Health.

5-yearly Revalidation

You will be required to provide evidence of CPD at the time of your 5-yearly revalidation. This will either be in the form of your FPH certificates for the past 5 years or your CPD reflective notes per financial year over the past 5 years.

UKPHR does not specify a template for recording your own CPD and supporting evidence such as certificates of attendance are not required to be submitted unless UKPHR requests this information. However, UKPHR has produced a template should you wish to use this to record your reflective notes.

If you have been exempt from submitting a CPD return by the Faculty for any of the years, you must provide evidence of this. If you do not use the Faculty’s CPD diary, please contact us at register@ukphr.org to request an exemption for your CPD.