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The Royal Society for Public Health has recently published a new report that outlines four key recommendations that would unlock the potential of the UK’s Wider Public Health Workforce. 

The wider workforce includes any individual who has the opportunity or ability to positively impact the health and wellbeing of the public through their work.

This includes pest control professionals, who are widely recognised as a key part of the public health workforce, particularly since the successful campaign by BPCA to secure key worker status during Covid-19.

The recommendations from the report include a whole workforce strategy for public health and greater recognition of the positive contribution of the wider workforce to the UK’s health. 

These are:

1. A cross-sector national strategy for the whole UK Public Health Workforce
2. Resourcing, upskilling and empowering the Wider Public Health Workforce
3. Recognising the contribution of the Wider Public Health Workforce to public health and prevention
4. Clearer routes into public health for the Wider Public Health Workforce.

You can read the full report here.

Millions of people have the chance to positively contribute to the nation’s health through their everyday jobs. In the UK’s Wider Public Health Workforce there is huge untapped potential. If we want to build a healthier and more productive future, it starts with an army of people working to improve our health.

William Roberts, RSPH CEO

The RSPH define the public health workforce as:

• Wider: All staff engaged in or who want to engage in public health activities, who identify public health as being an important part of their role but are not employed within the core public health workforce – around 7.75m people
• Core-practitioners: All staff engaged in public health activities who identify public health as the primary part of their role. Those who spend a major part, or all of their time, in public health practice delivering public health – around 36,000 people
• Core-specialist: All staff engaged in public health activities who identify public health as being the primary part of their role and who are on the (GMC, UKPHR or GDC) specialist register – 1,300 - 1,500 people.

READ THE REPORT

Source: Online