Written question asked by David Tredinnick (Conservative) on Monday, 19 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 February 2018. It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 February 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Public Health
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations of the 2017 joint report from the Professional Standards Authority and the Royal Society for Public Health entitled Untapped Resources: Accredited Registers in the Wider Workforce.
- Answer
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There is no plan to make an assessment of the merits of the recommendations in the report ‘Untapped Resources: Accredited Registers in the Wider Workforce’.
In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) published a report on this subject entitled ‘Fit for the Future: Public Health People’. Further information is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fit-for-the-future-public-health-people
PHE’s report identified the importance of the wider workforce in delivering the radical upgrade in prevention, alongside a core workforce with strong technical skills.
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- Written question
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- 127979
- Session
- 2017-19
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- Health professions Registration Public health
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