The Vision
For Cheshire and Merseyside to have a flourishing, unified and highly performing public health workforce enabling system change and protecting and improving health and wellbeing. To also maximise public health skills and knowledge across health and care workforces in C&M.
Why is it important?
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To provide an opportunity for health, care and public health professionals to develop, connect and expand their learning and knowledge.
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To promote workforce wellbeing as good exemplars and help our staff to be healthier, happier and more highly performing.
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To provide a foundation for any future public health training.
What are we doing?
- Delivering a wide range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) learning events.
- Sharing available public health learning resources and programmes via the Champs Newsletter Collaborate and website.
- Promoting public health workforce wellbeing and taking forward the recommendation from the C&M Public Health Workforce Wellbeing Pilot.
Our Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Workforce Wellbeing and Development Programme incorporates:
- All Together Inspired (Including Online Learning Hub)
- Workforce Wellbeing Pilot
- Making Every Contact Count – Health and wellbeing services by Place or need.
- Kind to Your Mind website – Mental health and wellbeing support
North West Public Health Practitioner Scheme
The North West Practitioner Registration Scheme and the Scheme Coordinator are hosted and funded by Health Education England to provide the Practitioner Scheme for the sub regions (South Cumbria and Lancashire, Cheshire & Merseyside, and Greater Manchester).
As well as supporting practitioners to develop a retrospective portfolio for registration with UK Public Health Register, there is a comprehensive programme of CPD designed to support the public health workforce. For further information go to the HEE website here
Details of the North West UKPHR Practitioner Registration Scheme in conjunction with the 25/26 schedule is now available to view here. See below for further information on the scheme and how to join here.
UKPHR Specialist Portfolio support
The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) supports a network of public professionals across the UK who are progressing through the portfolio route to UKPHR Specialist qualification.
The support involves virtual monthly meetings and a forum to seek advice and share resources. Anyone currently completing the portfolio or considering pre-application, as part of the SRbPA route, is welcome to join the network.
Please email portfoliogroup@adph.org.uk if you have any questions or to return the registration form available here.
Wider workforce
For free e-learning resources, training and education in population health, wellbeing and prevention, visit the Population Wellbeing Portal. Here you will find links to e-learning, toolkits, videos, webinars and various publications. There are also a variety of public health e-learning programmes available on the e-learning for healthcare website.
Leadership
Working Groups
The programme is supported by the Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Workforce Wellbeing and Development Steering Group which has representation from local authorities, health and the voluntary sector.
Director of Public Health Lead
Professor Helen Bromley
More information
Contact
For all enquiries, please email:
Lucy Hill
Programme Manager for Health Protection
Richard Phillips
Workforce Development Manager – Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
For further information on the NW workforce collaborative please visit North West Public Health Workforce Development Collaborative – FutureNHS Collaboration Platform