The UKPHR has launched an Employer Toolkit which is aimed at employers of Public Health Practitioners to help support staff to register with the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR).

The UKPHR is the regulator of the UK’s public health professionals and describes public health specialists and health practitioners as “Public Health Heroes” due to vital part they play in the UK’s response to COVID-19 and their contribution to making the UK a safer and healthier place to live.

The Toolkit aims to encourage employers to enable more public health workers to become registered as professional public health practitioners and specialists. Registration gives accreditation to staff, and assurance to employers and the public that those working in public health are being trained and developed to do the best job possible to improve and protect the health of our population.