Good practice
Good Public Health Practice for public health professionals
The FPH Standards Committee first produced Good public health practice: general professional expectations of public health physicians & specialists in public health in 2002.
Good Public Health Practice will:
- place the statements in Good Medical Practice into the context of the working lives of public health professionals.
- assist the public, public health professionals, colleagues and employers to better understand what ‘good practice’ should look like.
- guide public health professionals when planning their continuing professional development.
- act as a source document for public health professionals in preparing for appraisals or revalidation.
- inform the framework within which a public health professional will be appraised and recommended for revalidation.
Since that time, public health has experienced tremendous changes through increased government commitment, wider NHS reorganisation, the introduction of revalidation and changes in the context and delivery of public health departments. In addition to these changes, the General Medical Council (GMC) has revised its own Good Medical Practice. To take account of these changes, a revised Good Public Health Practice is required to inform public health professionals, employers and the public of the standards expected in public health practice.
The FPH Board and the UKPHR Board have provisionally approved Good Public Health Practice for piloting of revalidation systems. This approval is subject to review if additional feedback is received. Any member may submit additional feedback to .
Please note, Good Public Health Practice has been revised to include practitioners. The document currently available is a draft version that will be revised again once the GMC have published an updated version of Good Medical Practice in 2012.
Good Public Health Practice for public health organisations
The FPH Standards Committee has produced a series of documents on good public health practice.
