1. Public Health Workforce Development
Tracey Sharp
Deputy Regional Director
North of England

2. What does PHE do? Public Health England:
works transparently, proactively providing government, local government, the NHS, MPs, industry, public health professionals and the public with evidence-based professional, scientific and delivery expertise and advice
ensures there are effective arrangements in place nationally and locally for preparing, planning and responding to health protection concerns and emergencies, including the future impact of climate change
supports local authorities, and through them clinical commissioning groups, by providing evidence and knowledge on local health needs, alongside practical and professional advice on what to do to improve health, and by taking action nationally where it makes sense to do so

3. Our priorities for 2013/14 Reducing preventable deaths
Reducing the burden of disease
Protecting the country’s health
Giving children and young people the best possible start
Improving health in the workplace

4. National Executive

5. 8 Knowledge and Intelligence Hubs
London
South West
South East
West Midlands
East Midlands
North West
Yorkshire and Humber
East
Other local presence
Ten microbiology laboratories
Field epidemiology teams
Centre for Radiation Control units

6. Local focus 15 CENTRES 4 REGIONS
Led by a senior public health professional
Deliver services and advice around the three domains of public health
Support local government and local NHS action to improve and protect health and reduce inequalities with intelligence and evidence
Deliver the local input to emergency preparedness, resilience and response
Ensure quality and consistency and responsiveness of centres’ services and advice
Support transparency and accountability of the system
Assurance of emergency planning and response
Workforce development
Contribute to the national public health agenda

7. Centre Roles The front door of PHE
Assure services and expertise provided are truly focused on local needs
Provide leadership and support across all three domains of public health – health protection, health improvement and healthcare public health. This includes:
supporting local government in their leadership of the local public health system;
supporting DsPH to access specialised advice and support;
working with the NHS Commissioning Board to support it in its role as a direct commissioner of key services, including specialist services and national public health programmes;
and providing leadership in responding to emergencies where scale is necessary. 7

8. Regional Roles
Are co-terminus with those of the NHS England and other national partners, also mapping onto the nine regional local government groupings.
Will nurture, assure, support and assist the local public health system and maintain an overview of the whole system’s progress in implementing the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
Have responsibility for workforce development and oversight of implementation of the public health workforce strategy. 8

9. Workforce Team Deputy Director for Workforce
Workforce Development Managers x 2
Working with and supporting Centre teams, Local Government, LETBs and Heads of Schools 9

10. Developing a work programme
Developing joint plans with LETBs /Heads of Schools
Supporting and advising LAs with DPH appointments and maintaining specialist capacity
Appraisal training and revalidation of the specialist workforce
Identifying and supporting CPD and L&D programmes
Supporting LETBs and Heads of School with specialist training and practitioner development programmes
Gathering data and workforce intelligence to aid workforce planning including leadership development, succession planning and talent management.
Supporting implementation of the PH workforce strategy 10

11. Immediate issues Recruiting to the team
Assessing and maintaining current capacity (including DPH appointments)
Appraisal training
Gathering information and intelligence on the workforce (educational supervisors, trainee placements, practitioners)
Gathering information and intelligence on the assets (networks, leadership & CPD programmes etc)
Succession planning (eg for SILs, HCPH, DsPH).
Supporting the continuing application of MECC
Development of specialists, practitioners and aspirant DsPH

12. Questions Are these the right issues to be addressed?
What else should PHE be doing?