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Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework

The updated PHSKF, resources that support implementation and application, and status reports on the redesign and the skills passport.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 1 December 2016
• Last updated: 8 February 2023 — See all updates

These documents present the public health skills and knowledge framework (PHSKF), and a number of case studies and examples of how the framework has been used.

Framework

This page contains the Framework itself, as well as updates from the PHSKF Steering Group.

• Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF)
  • 8 February 2023
  • Guidance
• Map roles using the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework
  • 8 February 2023
  • Guidance

Tools and guidance

• Public health skills and knowledge framework: tools and guidance
  • 8 February 2019
  • Guidance
• Public health ethics in practice
  • 21 April 2017
  • Research and analysis

Case studies

If you are interested in contributing a case study to this collection, contact phworkforcestrategy@dhsc.gov.uk.

• Town planning and public health: shared competencies
  • 26 November 2020
  • Case study
• A skills and knowledge framework for Health Impact Assessment
  • 17 January 2020
  • Case study
• Using the PHSKF to merge public health teams
  • 5 October 2018
  • Case study
• Using the PHSKF to conduct a staff skills survey
  • 25 May 2018
  • Case study

Reports

• Public health skills and knowledge framework: status report
  • 9 November 2016
  • Guidance
• Public health skills and knowledge framework: consultations review
  • 29 July 2015
  • Corporate report

Published 1 December 2016
Last updated 8 February 2023 + show all updates

1. 8 February 2023

   Lead organisation changed

2. 26 November 2020

   Added 'Shared competencies of town planning and public health' case study.

3. 18 March 2020

   Added new document: Map roles using PHSKF.

4. 20 January 2020

   Added 'A skills and knowledge framework for Health Impact Assessment' case study.

5. 8 October 2018

   Added case study: How the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework can be used to bring several public health teams into one unified team

6. 12 September 2018

   Added a new group: 'PHSKF: tools and guidance' which links to a new page with helpful resources.

7. 29 May 2018

   Added Case Study: Using the PHSKF to conduct a staff skills survey (2017).

8. 21 April 2017

   New report added to collection: Public health ethics in practice.

9. 1 December 2016

   First published.