How 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.
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:
Guidance for Applicants Assessors & Verifiers
UKPHR Supporting Information
12 Essentials of Practitioner Registration
Blank Assessment Log (word)
UKPHR Practitioner Standards 2nd Ed
Setting up a Scheme
UKPHR Practitioner Registration Testimonial Template for evidencing a standard
UKPHR Practitioner Registration Testimonial Template to be used at verification stage
UKPHR Practitioner Registration Observation Template
UKPHR Practitioner Registration Reference Template
Then if you’d like to learn more, 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
- East of England
- Kent, Surrey & Sussex
- London
- Midlands (East Midlands and West Midlands)
- North East
- North West
- Northern Ireland
- Public Health Wales
- Scottish Boards
- South West
- Thames Valley
- Wessex
- Yorkshire & Humber
Scheme coordinator: Alix Sheppard
E-mail: alix@healthtalks.org.uk
Areas covered: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Milton Keynes
Website
Scheme coordinator and primary contact: Dania Ahmed
E-mail: phworkforcedevelopment@kent.gov.uk
Areas covered: Kent, Surrey & Sussex
Evaluation Reports
2012
Fast track route 2016
Scheme coordinator and primary contact: Sam Gentry-Marshall
E-mail: AcademyofPublicHealthLondonTraining@Barnet.gov.uk
Areas covered: London
Evaluation Reports
2014 – North Central and East London pilot which ended in July 2016
Scheme coordinator: Alix Sheppard
E-mail: alix@healthtalks.org.uk
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: Angela Ellins
E-mail: Angela.Ellins@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
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 – Katrina Reid Katrina.reid5@nhs.scot
NHS Fife – Kay Samson kay.samson@nhs.scot
NHS Tayside – Kerry Dalgetty kerry.dalgetty@nhs.scot
NHS Dumfries & Galloway – Laura Gibson Laura.Gibson3@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 – Heather Sloan Heather.Sloan@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Lothian – Ashley Goodfellow ashley.goodfellow@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk (interim)
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: Deb.Lear@hee.nhs.uk
Areas covered: Devon, Dorset, Plymouth, Torbay, Somerset, North Somerset, Wiltshire, BANES, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Cornwall
Evaluation Reports
2017
Scheme coordinator: Joanne McEwan
E-mail: tvpublichealth.se@hee.nhs.uk
Areas covered: Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Milton Keynes
Website
Evaluation Reports
2016
Scheme coordinator: Em Rahman
E-mail: Em.Rahman@hee.nhs.uk
Areas covered: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Website
Scheme coordinator:
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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