Our work

• Support professional learning and development of the public health nursing community
• Promote the public health nursing contribution
• Support and promote good practice/dissemination of education and learning and development resources
• Help to provide the public health nursing expertise and input into the RCN
• Provide support to shape local, regional, national and international policy
• Help to disseminate relevant public health nursing information and resources
• Develop educational standards
• Consult with other bodies to ensure members can help influence policy and guidance
• Develop relationships providing guidance on clinical nursing standards and patient care guidance

Download the PDFs

Public Health Forum Annual report

• Public Health Forum Annual Report - 2023

Member representation summary

• Member representation summary September 22 March 23

• Member representation summary - April to September 2023

• Download the PDF - Forum Project Completion and Evaluation - Public Health Travel Health Competencies 

• Working with the DWP – Health and Work Unit, in particular the Occupational Health Nurse Exploratory Group to address occupational health nurse shortages.

• SOM Update:  The Chief Nurse of England has agreed to support the forum with this year's conference in November 2019.

• ICN Global Nursing Policy Leadership Institute
• European Public Health Alliance
• Council for Work and Health
• RCN Credentialing Advisory Group
• QNI Homelessness Network
• PHE working group for Making Every Contact Count (MECC)
• Obesity Health Alliance Obesity Action Coalition
• SCPHN National Curriculum Development Stakeholders Group
• RCP Alcohol Health Advisory Group
• British Global and Travel Health Association (BGTHA)
• Faculty of Travel Medicine (FTM), The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) UK organisation
• Health Protection Scotland (HPS TRAVAX)
• The National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
• TB nurses network
• TB joint committee UK group
• TB PHE working groups
• British PaediatricTB association
• PHE Blood Pressure System Leadership Board
• RSP Tobacco Advisory Group (TAG)
• All-party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Travel Aware Campaign 
• National HIV Nurses Association working groups Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) 
• All party parliamentary group on Domestic Violence
  
• Joint TB Committee: once yearly, UK meeting, representation from all relevant bodies from all countries: microbiology, paediatrics, BHIVA, MDR, BTS, medical students, PHE, British infection association, TB alert.
• TB Workforce (Task & Finish): part of TB Strategy, work in progress / audits, training etc.(England only).
• Underserved Population (Task & Finish): part of TB Strategy, work completed as resource published. No further meetings planned - only via e-mail. (England only). There is a newly BPTBA (British Paediatric TB Association) being put together; The Forums TB lead has been attending, but membership being confirmed for individuals and relevant bodies.
• TB Nurses Forums: London and Central England. Work in progress to have a national forum. NHSE Future sexual health workforce – training and education needs.
• Occupational health nurses: FOHN meeting to discuss support/collaboration
• PHE Work as a health outcome project
• DWP fit note review – extending signatories to nurses
• RCOT joint work to recruit nurses in clinical practice as champions for health and work

International organisations the forum works with:

• The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
• The Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine (NECTM)

The Forum has key network groups of specialists, which includes:

• Cardio Vascular Network Group
• Migration Access to Health Services
• Health protection nurses
• TB nurses
• Travel health nurses
• Occupational health nurses