Specialty Registrars Committee
The Specialty Registrars Committee (SRC) exists to advocate for the interests of all registrars and work collaboratively with the FPH to promote high quality and equitable training across the four nations of the UK. It includes representatives of all regions to ensure the view of registrars are heard irrespective of where they are based, as well as to promote fairness in training opportunities and experiences across the country.
The SRC has representatives for the four UK nations as well as for Defence and Dental Public Health registrars. For England, there are representatives for each region: East Midlands, East of England, London, KSS, North East, North West, South West, Thames Valley, Wessex, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and Humber.
In addition to regional representatives, the SRC has a chair and up to three vice-chairs.
Vision
To represent and advocate for the interests of all public health registrars, working collaboratively with the FPH and partners to promote high quality and equitable specialty training in public health.
Aims
- To promote excellence in training experience and ensure wellbeing amongst registrars, ensuring there is equity in all aspects of training.
- To improve and expand training opportunities with the aim of equipping registrars with the skills and experience to meet current and future public health challenges.
- To strengthen partnerships with other public health registrars nationally and globally to advance public health and competency-based public health specialty training.
Values
- Participation: to provide participatory leadership that represent the needs, aspirations and values of UK public health registrars to the FPH and beyond.
- Inclusivity: to ensure that all registrars have their voice heard, regardless of individual characteristics, regional training location or stage of training.
- Equity: in all our areas of work we seek to achieve equity in training which includes how we operate as a committee.
- Quality: to advocate for excellence in public health training and support achieving substantive improvements in training opportunities.
- Connectivity: to facilitate registrars being connected to each other and their wider profession.
- Outward-looking: to enhance public health training globally as well as nationally, recognising the value of our partnerships and international role.
Current leadership
Co-chairs:
- Sam Tweed (ST5 Registrar, FCDO, based in London Deanery)
- Clare Oliver-Williams (ST4 Registrar, NHS England; based in the East of England)
Vice-chairs:
- Ugonna Nwankpa (ST4 Registrar, UKHSA Global Operations, East of England Deanery)
- Matthew Quinn (ST4 Registrar, NHS England; based in Thames Valley)
- Naomh Gallagher (ST4 Registrar, UKHSA, based in Northern Ireland Deanery)
Resources on Hybrid Working
The Specialty Registrars Committee developed hybrid working guidance for Public Health Registrars, Supervisors, and Training Programme Directors (TPDs).
