UKPHR consultation report: Developing a regulatory pathway for public health practitioners
This report summarises the progress to date in developing a regulatory pathway for public health practitioners and presents the results of the consultation on the draft standards for regulation and the proposals for a devolved assessment process.
The consultation gained considerable interest from the field with over 50 electronic responses from individuals, groups and organisations, and over 200 individuals attending consultation events. The need to invest in the development of the practitioners to achieve a properly trained, effective and professional public health workforce has been stressed.
Shaping the Future hosted consultation meeting on the agreement of internationally recognised core competences for Health Promotion
In the light of the collaborative consultation process that the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) is undertaking with key leaders in health promotion around the world to solicit feedback on the Galway Consensus Conference Statement, the Shaping the Future Collaboration hosted a consultation meeting with 25 health promotion specialists from all over the UK on 27 May 2009 in London.
Jenny Griffiths and Viv Speller have collated the findings and recommendations that were made at the meeting and prepared a report to be submitted to IUHPE consultation on 1 June. Read the 
RSPH-Stf Response Galway Consensusor contact Nelly Araujo, tel: 020 73177 1622, email: naraujo@rsph.org.uk
This represents an important next step in the process of developing universal core competencies for health promotion in a localized assessment of the impact these newly articulated domains of core competencies will have, as well as the likely obstacles and requirements for translating them into practice.
At this meeting, the UKPHR updated on the outcome of their consultation on practitioner regulation, please click here for details. RSPH informed about the new European Union funded project to develop competency-based standards for health promotion across Europe, and Jenny Griffiths informed on The Social Marketing Functional Map which pretends to embed Social Marketing in Health Promotion for the development of a Marketing and Sales Standards Setting Body, please download the
Social Marketing Functional Map March 2009.
Health Promotion Award’s peer review and panel challenge
As part of the health promotion and community well-being awards 2009, RSPH is organising a peer review and panel challenge for the assessment of the portfolio of evidence that each of the participating sites will submit in June. At this event, besides the participation of RSPH assessors, there will be senior representatives of the applicant organisations, who will be asked to appraise the submission of the other organisations and support with further information their own application.
This year the applicants are:
- North East Lincolnshire CTP
- NHS East Lancashire
- NHS Barking and Dagenham
- Community Care Western Cheshire
- NHS Suffolk
The overall objective of the Awards is to recognise organisational excellence in the development and implementation of health promotion and community well-being strategies and workforce support in the UK.
16-18 June 2009
Scarborough
The FPH conference – Leading for Health - Evidence, policy and practice – will focus on how public health professionals translate their knowledge, skills and expertise into leading-edge public health practice, and how they can shape the specialty to deliver health and wellbeing in the 21st Century.
Preventive Health 0925 June 2009
London
1 July 2009
London
The government has set itself the goal of being the first major nation to reverse the rising tide of obesity and overweight population. For this ambition to be met it is essential that all sectors from the early years, to schools and food, from sport and physical activity to planning, transport and the health service are all linked together. This conference will examine how this ambition can become a reality at local and national levels.
Alcohol: the next steps for policy2 July 2009
London
With the Chief Medical Officer and the Scottish Government laying out plans for a revised approach to alcohol policy, this seminar will look at the effectiveness of alcohol strategies and media campaigns in England and Wales and what more can be done to reduce levels of alcohol related harm.
7 July 2009
London
This event will be of value to anyone involved in the leadership of improvement, particularly within the health and social care sector.
Book online.
14 July 2009
London
This seminar will examine remaining practical, organisational and clinical issues relating to implementation of prevention strategies as highlighted in NHS Next Stage Review.
21 July
28 Portland Place, London W1B 1DE
In this special evening talk, Peter Baker, Chief Executive of the Men’s Health Forum will look at how policy makers and practitioners can tackle gender inequality. This is a free event for NGO Forum members, places are limited so early booking is recommended. Contact Fay Jeffery at RSPH, Tel: 020 3177 1633, email:
fjeffery@rsph.org.uk20 October 2009
Liverpool
This conference will address big, global challenges, and offer solutions to tackling diet related disease. It will debate the implications of current food policy on the health of communities and challenge those working in the food industry, government, public health and the media to commit to bringing about positive change.
