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Healthy Lives, Healthy People: a Public Health Workforce Strategy

Healthy Lives, Healthy People: a Public Health Workforce Strategy. East Midlands Public Health Summit 17 June 2014. Context and consultation. C ommitment in Health Lives, Healthy People in 2010 to consult on a public health workforce strategy

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Healthy Lives, Healthy People: a Public Health Workforce Strategy

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  1. Healthy Lives, Healthy People:a Public Health Workforce Strategy East Midlands Public Health Summit 17 June 2014

  2. Context and consultation • Commitment in Health Lives, Healthy People in 2010 to consult on a public health workforce strategy • Vital to underpin the Public Health Outcomes Framework • Consultation in 2012 • 16 consultation events around the country and strategy published in May 2013 • 242 responses received from a range of individuals and organisations, NHS and local authority

  3. The strategy • Strategy published May 2013 • Jointly branded – DH, LGA and PHE • Series of commitments to be delivered by a range of organisations including PHE, DH, HEE, FPH and local government • Review in 2015 • Not about numbers but a series of concrete actions that can be taken to support the workforce at all levels of the system

  4. The approach • Many ideas in the strategy responded to suggestions made and gaps identified during consultation eg skills passport, support for specific sectors of the workforce • Interdependencies between many – PHSKF, skills passport, minimum dataset • Links to other activity outside the strategy – practitioner registration, revalidation, MECC, CfWI • Collaboration, engagement and communication vital • one year on report • PHE PWD briefings • Workshop March 2014

  5. Implementation Public Health Skills Passport • Reference Group • Engagement exercise to test concept and requirements • Appointment project manager & procure provider • Design and develop prototype • Testing (?Q4) and evaluation Review Public Health Skills & Knowledge Framework

  6. Implementation (cont.) Talent management initiative • PHE role to ensure it has system has access to skilled individuals • Allow careers to develop across whole system and not just parts or within single agency • A national TM strategy – developed by TM Delivery Group • Pilot a talent management programme – identify individuals with the potential to take influential roles at different levels • 2 pathfinder cohorts (London and NW) - implementation by a Regional Oversight Group • Individuals from mix of jobs/roles at the second turn in their careers • Continued involvement of other regions/sub-regions in pilots and evaluation

  7. Implementation (cont.) Public Health Workforce Projects – delivered by CfWI • Consultant/Specialist Career Intentions Survey • Public health mapping project • Stock take of public health scientific workforce • Public health knowledge and information workforce in PHE and LAs • Public health nursing workforce • Wider workforce DH funded workforce developments: K&I, academic, multi-disciplinary regional initiatives, scientists

  8. Implementation (cont.) Guidance: Multi-disciplinary PH Teams in Local Gov Developed by a Working Group • Focus on employment of Consultants and Directors of Public Health • Outlines the challenges that councils have identified • Description of development of PH teams prior to transfer to LAs • Discussion of mix of skills and disciplines • Advice on approaches to T’s & C’s, including equal pay risks • Recommendations for future action at a national level around continuity of service Working Group will continue as Standing Group to deliver further work

  9. Regulation of public health specialists • Currently three regulators: • GMC, GDC statutory • UKPHR non-statutory • Jan 2012 – Government announces statutory regulation through HCPC for those on UKPHR specialist register • Consultation on a Section 60 Order before parliamentary recess • Expect legislation in place by March 2015 • HCPC consultations • Routes to registration, standards of proficiency, standards for registration and training, registration cycle

  10. Next steps • Ongoing implementation and engagement • review of public health skills and knowledge framework • Prototype of the skills passport • Migration of PHORCaST to HEE • National occupational codes • 2nd PHE nursing and midwifery conference July 2104 • New specialist curriculum to GMC and HCPC Jan 2015 • 3rd cohort of aspirant DPH programme • Review of strategy in 2015

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