Launch of toolkit to support healthcare professionals in measuring their impact on the public’s health

The report and toolkit was developed in close collaboration with representative bodies and individuals working in the professional groups which it is aimed at, specifically nurses and midwives, allied health professionals, pharmacy and dental staff. It was also informed by a national survey of healthcare professionals and input from an expert advisory group.

The findings from the survey of healthcare professionals showed that the majority (70 per cent) believe protecting and promoting the public’s health is important. Despite this fewer than one in five (19 per cent) currently measure the public health impact of their day to day work. The main barriers to collecting, recording and collating data from public health interventions included time, capacity and training. 

Based on the public health priorities identified by Public Health England’s All Our Health framework, including obesity, alcohol and smoking, the toolkit provides healthcare professionals with guidelines to recording and collating their work so it makes an impact.