UKPHR

Registration Panel

The assessment of applicants’ portfolios is a key part of the regulatory process. The Registration Panel is accountable to the UKPHR Board and is composed of assessors; it is chaired by a UKPHR Board member. The Chair of the Panel will not be a member of any assessment team.

The Registration Panel meets regularly to review the recommendations of assessors and then makes recommendations to the Board for final decision on admission to the Register.  The Registration Panel receives advice from its moderators whose aim is to help ensure consistent and robust judgements during the assessment process. Progress reports from the moderators are presented regularly to the UKPHR Board.

Assessment for Public Health Specialists

Assessors for the public health specialists routes are appointed from a variety of backgrounds: medical, non-medical and independent. All assessors require appropriate experience in assessment and must have worked in their field at a senior level in a service, managerial or academic areas. Some assessors are members or fellows of the Faculty of Public Health and have experience of examining candidates for the Faculty of Public Health part B exam.

Assessment for Public Health Practitioners

With practitioner registration the assessment process is devolved to within the practitioners’ region. After completion of assessment the application is referred to a regional verification panel that will then make recommendations on eligibility for practitioner registration direct to the UKPHR Registration Panel. In this case the UKPHR Registration Panel’s role will be ensuring that standards are consistent across the devolved schemes and across the UK as a whole.  Within its remit the UKPHR Registration Panel has the right to quality assure any part of the process.

Appeals

The UKPHR has an established appeal process through which an applicant may appeal against a decision to refuse them registration following assessment.  The grounds on which consideration is given to an applicant’s request for an appeal are as follow:

1. That a material error or defect occurred in the administrative procedures followed by the UKPHR Board and/or its assessors or the Registration Panel which affected the outcome of the assessment, or any part of it.

2. That an assessor or an assessment team did not perform their duty in accordance with the requirements and other advice issued by the UKPHR Board to such an extent that it may have materially affected the outcome of the assessment or any part of it.

The UKPHR Board will maintain its obligation to demonstrate to the public that the published standards of competence are being maintained.  The onus will be on the specialist to establish that the decision should be reviewed.  No new material relating to the application can be submitted for an appeal hearing.

Current UKPHR assessors:

George Morris, Chair of the Registration Panel  

Sue Lloyd, Vice Chair of the Registration Panel

Jenny Griffiths, Moderator

Cerilan Rogers, Moderator 

Andy Beckingham

Barbara Brady

Steve Brown

Sandra Cairney

Kevin Elliston

Rachel Flowers

Elaine Garman

Linda Hillman

Vicky Hobart

Ann Hoskins

Jackie Landman

John Lucy

Elaine Lynch-Farmery

Katrina McCormick

Amy Nicholas

Asa'ah Nkohkwo

Maggie Rae

Krishna Ramkhelawon

Mike Robinson

Jane Royle

Angela Snowling

Lillian Somervaille

Viv Speller

Vicki Taylor

Gary Telfer

Jane Thomas

Christopher Watts

Albert Yeung