Benefits of Specialty Registrar registration

The rationale for UKPHR Specialty Registrar registration is that it establishes equivalence with public health Specialty Registrars from a medical background who would be, at the same stage in their training, regulated by the General Medical Council. It brings this group into regulation earlier and provides a pathway to full registration once they gain the appropriate public health experience.

The advantages of Specialty Registrar registration are considered by UKPHR to include:

• Extends regulation to those public health Specialty Registrars not currently subject to any form of independent regulation, for the purpose of enhancing the protection of the public and upholding and promoting standards in the profession;
• Make available to all public health Specialty Registrars the opportunity to be accountable to an accredited regulatory body and adhere to agreed professional standards prior to entering into regulation as Public Health Specialists;
• Provides an opportunity for public health Specialty Registrars to demonstrate their commitment to safeguarding the public and upholding standards in the profession;
• Creates greater commonality between the regulation offered by UKPHR and statutory healthcare regulators and fills gaps in the existing regulatory system.