Guidance

Consultants in public health: appointments guidance

Sets out arrangements of public health consultant and consultant academic appointments by local authorities and higher education institutions.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 14 October 2013
• Last updated: 15 October 2026
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  1. 15 October 2026

     Updated guidance to reflect changes to the professional regulation of public health specialists from backgrounds other than medicine; to provide additional information about joint appointments; and to reflect changes to guidance, policy and organisational responsibilities.

  2. 14 October 2013

     First published.

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This guidance sets out arrangements that are designed to provide local authorities and higher education institutions with confidence in the public health consultant and consultant academic appointments they make, while building on their own good practice and providing a risk managed and quality assured process.