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Practitioner registration via retrospective portfolio

Individuals wishing to apply need to go through a quality assured local assessment scheme and undergo a rigorous process of assessment and verification by trained public health professionals. UKPHR cannot accept direct applications from individuals wishing to apply for practitioner registration.

Please note: in order to apply to a local scheme to become registered as a public health practitioner you will need to be living in the UK and have at least 2 years of experience of autonomous practice in a public health role.

At the scheme level applicants will compile a portfolio which is assessed to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of UKPHR’s Practitioner Standards. After completion of assessment the application is referred to a regional verification panel who will then make recommendations on eligibility for practitioner registration direct to UKPHR. Once applicants are recommended for registration by their local scheme, they can proceed to submit their application to UKPHR at the national level.

The standards for practitioner registration are set out in UKPHR Practitioner Standards 2nd Ed and these standards are conveniently summarised in our standards table. ‘The public health function’ referred to in the standards is defined in the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework 2016 as: ‘improves and protects the public’s health and reduces health inequalities between individuals, groups and communities, through co-ordinated system-wide action’. The standards are intended for individuals who are already working as autonomous public health professionals at Skills for Health Careers Framework index Level 5 or above.

You may find HEE’s Practitioner’s Education and Training directory helpful to look at when you are considering how to meet all of the knowledge competencies required to register with UKPHR, as it provides links to education and training opportunities.

Please click on the ‘important documents’ box below to access all of the information about this registration route:

Important documents

Guidance for Applicants Assessors & Verifiers

UKPHR Supporting Information

UKPHR 12 Essentials of Practitioner Registration

UKPHR Blank Assessment Log

UKPHR Practitioner Standards 2nd Ed

UKPHR Practitioner Registration Testimonial Template for evidencing a standard

UKPHR Practitioner Registration Testimonial Template to be used at verification & registration stage

UKPHR Practitioner Registration Observation Template 

UKPHR Practitioner Registration Reference Template to be used at verfication & registration stage 

UKPHR Reflective note template 

UKPHR Self-Assessment Form & Mapping Tool 

Watch these two videos to find out more about UKPHR practitioner registration.

Then, why not complete the online Introductory Day for Practitioner Registration to develop an understanding about practitioner registration?

Local registration schemes – please click on the relevant tab to see your local area contact

Scheme coordinator: Alix Sheppard
E-mail: alix@healthtalks.org.uk
Please indicate in your email where you are geographically based

Areas covered: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Milton Keynes
Website

Scheme coordinator and primary contact: Dania Ahmed

E-mail: KSSPublicHealthSchool.SE@hee.nhs.uk

Areas covered: Kent, Surrey & Sussex

Evaluation Reports
2012
Fast track route 2016

Scheme coordinator and primary contact: Sam Gentry-Marshall
E-mail: england.publichealthlondon@nhs.net

Areas covered: London

Evaluation Reportsc
2014 – North Central and East London pilot which ended in July 2016


2014 – North Central and East London pilot which ended in July 2016

Scheme coordinator: Alix Sheppard
E-mail: alix@healthtalks.org.uk
Please indicate in your email where you are geographically based

Areas covered:

Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northampton
Birmingham, Solihull, Black Country, Coventry, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Hereford, Worcester

Website (East Midlands)
Website (West Midlands)

Evaluation Reports (West Midlands)
2013

Scheme coordinator: Rawiyah Ahmad
E-mail: Rawiyah.Ahmad@newcastle.gov.uk

Areas covered: Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-On-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Darlington, Durham, Sunderland, Newcastle, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Northumberland Local Authorities

Scheme coordinator: Alix Sheppard
E-mail: alix@healthtalks.org.uk
Please indicate in your email where you are geographically based

There is currently no formal local practitioner registration scheme in Northern Ireland. Interested individuals can contact us at register@ukphr.org

Scheme coordinator: Organisational Development Team
E-mail: Peoplesupport.phw@wales.nhs.uk

Areas covered: Wales
Website

Evaluation Reports
PHW Executive Summary
PHW Leaders Views

Scheme contacts:

NHS Highland – Alison McGrory alison.mcgrory@nhs.scot
NHS Ayrshire & Arran – Clare Black Clare.Black@aapct.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Orkney – Hannah Casey hannah.casey1@nhs.scot
NHS Grampian – Joanne Riach joanne.riach@nhs.scot
NHS Shetland – Kay Samson kay.samson@nhs.scot
NHS Fife – Kay Samson kay.samson@nhs.scot
NHS Dumfries & Galloway – Kay Samson kay.samson@nhs.scot
NHS Tayside – Laura Henderson laura.henderson@nhs.scot
NHS Forth Valley – Marie Kennedy marie.kennedy2@nhs.scot
NHS Lanarkshire – Karen McGuigan Karen.McGuigan@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Borders – Penny Oliver Penny.Oliver@borders.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – Sarah Duncan sarah.duncan@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Lothian – Mairi Simpson  Mairi.Simpson@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Areas covered:

Highland,  Ayrshire & Arran,  Orkney,  Grampian,  Shetland,  Fife,  Tayside,  Dumfries & Galloway,  Tayside,  Forth Valley, Lanarkshire,  Borders,  Greater Glasgow &Clyde,  Lothian

Scheme coordinator: Deb Lear
E-mail: england.publichealth.sw@nhs.net

Areas covered: Devon, Dorset, Plymouth, Torbay, Somerset, North Somerset, Wiltshire, BANES, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Cornwall
Website

Evaluation Reports
2017

Scheme coordinator: Joanne McEwan
E-mail: england.tvpublichealth.se@nhs.net

Areas covered: Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Milton Keynes
Website

Evaluation Reports
2016

Scheme coordinator: Phil Godfrey
E-mail: england.wxpublichealthschool.se@nhs.net

Areas covered: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Website

Scheme coordinator: Joanne Deighton
E-mail: PHPPYH@leeds.ac.uk

Areas covered: Yorkshire & Humber – Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees, Calderdale, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, York, East Riding, North Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and Hull.
Website

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