A coherent, flexible Public Health Skills and Careers Framework has been developed for use across the UK. For the first time public health competences, underpinning knowledge, training and qualification routes, registration requirements and a database of job descriptions across nine career levels are being brought together in a user friendly format.  The aim is to create a framework that can be used as a route map for careers in public health regardless of starting and intended end points.

The framework is for:

• those already working in any field of public health now

• those wishing to enter the field of public health

• those involved in commissioning, organisation and delivery of public health training

• those involved in workforce planning

• employers of the public health workforce

Documents relating to the Public Health Skills and Career Framework can be found .