Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 443-448, June 2007

Origin and development of the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists

  • Fiona M. Sim

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London Teaching Public Health Network, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +442074365816; fax: +4402075808183.
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  • Jenny Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • Woking, Surrey, UK

Summary 

This paper describes the milestones, challenges and achievements in establishing the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists (UKVRPHS), which was launched in 2003. Developments in the UKVRPHS since 2003 are described in the context of the continuing development of the UK multidisciplinary public health workforce as a whole.

Keywords: Public health specialists, Regulation, Voluntary register

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00073-X

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.022

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 443-448, June 2007

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