Public Health
Welcome to the Yorkshire and Humber School of Public Health We are a dynamic, friendly, and supportive speciality school delivering high quality, comprehensive training for individuals wishing to become Consultants in Public Health.
The whole school is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we have reviewed our approach to this recently. We want to help more people with varied experiences, backgrounds and ideas thrive as future leaders and do our part to tackle the systemic injustices that make it harder for brilliant people to contribute as leaders.
Our school is based in Leeds, but we provide training opportunities across the whole of the North, East, South and West Yorkshire, incorporating large cities, smaller towns, and rural settings, and including populations of significant affluence and marked deprivation. Our registrars gain public health experience within many settings, including local authorities, national and local NHS organisations, academic institutions, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). We also support more diverse training opportunities, reflecting the expanding role of public health across different organisations. We currently have 38 registrars on our training programme.
To find out more about some of our current trainees, click here. To hear from some of our Educational Supervisors, please click here. Each educational supervisor brings their considerable and diverse experience which helps to ensure that all our registrars benefit from only the best training experiences.
Our website provides useful information for anyone interested or involved in public health training in Yorkshire and Humber. The pages in the Public Health Menu above provide more details about the school, recruitment, and training, as well as links to other information sources. If you can’t find what you are looking for, please let us know let us know.
Dates for drop in sessions:
Mon 5 Jun 3-5pm
Tue 4 Jul 3-5pm
Thu 10 Aug 3-5pm
Mon 4 Sep 3-5pm
Tue 3 Oct 3-5pm
Wed 8 Nov 3-5pm
Click here to join the session (only available during above times)
Open Day for Public Health Registrar Recruitment video October 2022
You can scroll through the video to hear about the experiences of our Registrars and Consultants:
00:00 – Introduction from Val Barker – Head of the School of Public Health and Visiting chair in Public Health at the University of Leeds
05:00 – The School of Public Health’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
07:42 – Introduction to the Yorkshire and Humber Public Health workforce development programme
10:17 – Introduction to Population Health Fellowships & The Foundation Programme in Public Health
17:35 – Routes into Public Health practice
26:50 – The Faculty of Public Health: a resource for your professional development and learning in Public Health
30:37 – Opportunities in the Local Authority (council), ‘A day in the life of Alex Hawley’ – Consultant in Public Health at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
43:48 – Chris Sharp – Workforce Development Manager - OHID (office of Health Improvement and Disparities)
49:49 – Simon Padfield – Lead Consultant in Health Protection - UKHSA (United Kingdom Health Security Agency)
1:00:00 – Opportunities in the NHS – Lucy Jackson, Consultant in Public Health for Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds Community Healthcare Trust & Leeds GP Confederation
1:06:00 – ‘Experiences as a Public Health Registrar’ – Pippa Bird
1:20:23 – Public Health and Academia – Liddy Goyder, Professor of Public Health, ScHARR, the University of Sheffield
1:28:50 – The application process – Chloe Bracewell & Marie Rogerson, Public Health Registrars
1:42:28 – Question and Answer Session and close
Ms Val Barker FFPH
Head of School of Public Health Yorkshire & Humber
Visiting Chair in Public Health - University of Leeds
Recruitment is managed nationally via East Midlands and all enquiries are via email: publichealthrecruitment.em@hee.nhs.uk or see their website
An FAQ document is available here
The Faculty of Public Health provides a wealth of information and is the best place to find out about the application process. The Yorkshire and Humber region usually holds it's recruitment event every October, ahead of the application process opening in November through Oriel. Please contact us if you wish to be on the circulation list for the next event.
Please review all three sections in the Recruitment and Retention part of this website
Please watch this Introduction to Public Health video by the Wessex Deanery