Fellowship by exemption
Who is eligible for Fellowship by exemption?
Fellowship by exemption is available for those who are not Faculty members but are judged by the Faculty Board to have the training and qualifications equivalent to that required for Fellowship via membership.
The following groups of non-members have been identified as suitable for Fellowship by exemption:
- Consultants in Communicable Disease Control
- Public Health Dentists
- Specialists on the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists (non-members)
- Applicants for specialist registration – Article 14 (4) or (5) of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order (ESQMO)
- Other senior public health specialists eg those EEA nationals (plus Switzerland) with specialist medical qualifications in public health medicine awarded outside the UK who gain inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register in public health medicine or a related specialty as a result of mutual recognition of their qualifications.
Other groups may be identified over time.
From the date of admission Fellows are entitled to use the designation FFPH.
The application process
Please use the Fellowship by exemption application form unless
- you have specialist registration with the UKVRPHS via the retrospective portfolio route, in which case, the Faculty will automatically send you application details upon notification by the UKVRPHS that you have achieved specialist registration
or - you have been assessed by the Faculty under Article 14 ( 4) or (5) of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order (ESQMO), in which case the Faculty will send you application details upon your recommendation by the Faculty to PMETB.
Admission & Fees
You will be asked for an exemption fee of £300, which must be received before your name can be put forward for election to Fellowship.
After the Board approves your election, you will be sent Fellowship and subscription documents with a request to sign a Form of Faith and to pay a registration fee of £250 plus a pro rata monthly proportion of the annual subscription.