Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding your Public Health workforce:
- Details of filled and unfilled roles for Public Health specialists on the specialist registers (e.g. Consultants in Public Health and Directors of Public Health) within your team
- The whole-time equivalent (WTE) for each role
- The total remuneration package for each post, both actual and full-time equivalent
- The salary ceiling for each role
- Whether each role is permanent, fixed term or a secondment
- The total population served (for teams working across multiple local authorities please report the combined population)
- Director of Public Health and Public Health specialist capacity per million population, and per local authority where there are joint teams or appointments
- Please provide the title and full-time equivalent remuneration package for staff in the Public Health team earning above £70,000 but not required to be on the Public Health Specialist Registers.
For reference, the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 requires authorities to publish details of employees whose remuneration is at least £50,000, including job titles, a list of responsibilities (for example, the services and functions they are responsible for, budget held and number of staff) and details of bonuses and benefits-in-kind. The Local Government Association has published relevant guidance: https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publishing-organisation-i-faa.pdf
We suggest presenting the data in the following format:
Table 1: Public Health Specialists:
| Job Title | WTE | Actual total remuneration | Full time equivalent
| total remuneration | Salary ceiling | Contract type | Vacant (Y/N) |
Table 2: Capacity per million population (Please separate DPH and specialist capacity if required)
Single authority teams:
| Total population | DPH capacity per million population | Specialist
| capacity per million population |
Combined teams:
| Local authorities served | Total population | DPH capacity per million
| population | DPH capacity per LA | Local authorities served | Total
| population | Specialist capacity per million population | Specialist
| capacity per LA |
Table 3: Non specialists earning above £70,000 (full time equivalent) in the Public Health team
| Job Title | WTE | Full time equivalent total remuneration | Salary
| ceiling |
The Public Health Workforce Capacity review is a useful reference: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/public-health-specialist-capacity