title: Origin and development of the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists.
abstract: This paper describes the milestones, challenges and achievements in establishing the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists (UKVRPHS), which was launched in 2003. Developments in the UKVRPHS since 2003 are described in the context of the continuing development of the UK multidisciplinary public health workforce as a whole.
authors: Health Services Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London Teaching Public Health Network, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. fmsim@aol.com
authors: Fiona M
authors: FM
authors: Sim
authors: Jenny
authors: J
authors: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000592:standards*; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom