New RSPH report on the Wider Public Health Workforce

The report, ‘The Unusual Suspects: Unlocking the Potential of the Wider Public Health Workforce’ has four headline recommendations aimed at the UK and devolved nation governments and public health sector which call for: 

1. The UK and devolved nation governments developing a cross-sector national strategy for the whole UK Public Health Workforce. 

2. The public health sector and relevant government departments thinking collectively about how to resource, upskill and empower the Wider Public Health Workforce to maximise their impact. 

3. The Wider Public Health Workforce being better recognised as contributing to public health and prevention. 

4. The Wider Public Health Workforce needs clearer routes into public health and ways to develop and be recognised for its expertise in public health.