A coherent, flexible public health career framework has been developed for use across the UK. For the first time public health competences, underpinning knowledge, training and qualification routes, and registration requirements have been brought together to provide a framework that can be used as a route map for careers in public health regardless of starting and intended end points.

• those already working in any field of public health now

• those wishing to enter the field of public health

• those involved in commissioning, organisation and delivery of public health training

• those involved in workforce planning

• employers of the public health workforce

PHRU has been working in collaboration with Skills for Health and a large set of public health stakeholders to develop the framework on behalf of DH England.

• Download the PHSCF document (pdf) here

• Download the KSF-PHSCF mapping tool (MS Word) here

• Download the PHSCF cube (jpg) here
  

For information on how to use the PHSCF please click on the links below (pdf):

• Proposals and Experiences to Date
  
  
• Employers and Commissioners
  
  
• Educators
  
  
• Practitioners
  
  
• Wider Workforce
  

PHRU is keeping a database of how organisations are using the PHSCF around the UK.

• Team leaders / managers
  
  
• Educators and trainers
  
  
• Commissioners

If you have any experiences you would like to share and that we can add to our database, please contact Lyn Stone.