Training Programme Directors in Public Health

The Training Programme Director (TPD) has a key role in managing the specialty training programme. The fundamental role is that of co-ordinator and communicator between trainees, the Postgraduate Deans, the local Specialist Training Committee and the Faculty of Public Health (FPH).

The key roles and responsibilities of a TPD include:

  • Administration and management of the training programme(s).
  • Participation in the appointment process.
  • Overseeing the delivery of the training.
  • Monitoring and inspection of posts.

Northern Ireland

Dr John W G Yarnell MD FFPH
Reader in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Epidemiology & Public Health
Queen's University Belfast
Mulhouse Building
Royal Victoria Hospital Site
Grosvenor Road
Belfast
BT12 6BJ
Tel: +44 28 9063 2609
Fax: +44 28 9023 1907
Email: John Yarnell

Scotland

Dr Jim Chalmers MBChB MSc MRCGP FFPH
Information Services
NHS National Services
Gyle Square
1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
Tel: 0131 275 6136
Fax: 0131 551 1392
Email: Jim Chalmers

Wales

Dr Brendan Mason FFPH
Consultant Epidemiologist
NPHS CDSC Wales
(Velindre NHS Trust)
The Temple of Peace and Health
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NW
Tel: 029 2040 2471
Email: Brendan Mason

Deaneries in England:

East of England

Dr Celia Duff FFPH
Programme Director for Public Health
East of England Multi-Professional Deanery
Block 3, Ida Darwin Site
Fulbourn, Cambridge
CB21 5EE
Tel: 01223 884881
Email: Celia Duff

London/Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Dr Jean Chapple FFPH
CPHM
Westminster PCT
15 Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5JD
Tel: 020 7150 8108
Fax: 020 7150 8105
Email: Jean Chapple

 

Dr Jane Scarlett MRCGP FFPH
NHS Kingston
22 Hollyfield Road
Surbiton
Surrey
KT5 9AL
Tel: 020 8339 8135
Fax: 020 8339 8100
Email: Jane Scarlett

 

Dr Zach de Beer FFPH
Trainee Programme Director
London Deanery
Stewart House
Russell Square
WC1B 5DU
Email: Zach de Beer

 

Dr YM Young FFPH
CCDC, South West London Health Protection Unit
& Health Protection Training Programme Director, London and KSS
South West London Health Protection Unit
Ground Floor, Teak Tower
Springfield University Hospital
Glenburnie Road, Tooting
London SW17 7DJ
Tel: 020 8812 7850
Email: Yvonne Young

North West

Dr Daniel Seddon FFPH
Head of the North West School of Public Health
Mersey Deanery
Regatta Place   
Liverpool
L3 4BL
Tel: 0151 285 4716
Email: Daniel Seddon

North East

Dr David Chappel FFPH
Assistant Director- programmes
North East Public Health Observatory
Wolfson Institute
University of Durham Queen's Campus
University of Boulevard
Stockton on Tees
TS17 6BH
Tel: 0191 334 0402
Email: David Chappel

Yorkshire and the Humber

Ms Val Barker MSc
Room G33
The Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9JL
Tel: 0113 3433185
Email: Val Barker

Oxford

Dr Premila Webster MFPH
Consultant in Public Health
Department of Public Health
University of Oxford
Old Road Campus
Headington
Oxford
OX3 7LF
Tel: 01865 289249
Fax: 01865 226720
Email: Premila Webster

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

 

Dr John Acres FFPH
Public Health Development
NHS Education South Central
Southern House
Sparrowgrove
Otterbourne
Hampshire
SO21 2RU
Tel: 01962 718 443
Email: John Acres

South West

 

Miss Rebecca Pollard DFPH
Regional Public Health Group
NHS South West
South West House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
TA1 2PX
Tel: 01823 361257
Email: Becky Pollard

East Midlands

 

Dr Corinne Camilleri-Ferrante FFPH
Tollbar House
Derby Road
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 5FE
Tel: 0115 931 6100
Email: Corinne Camilleri-Ferrante

West Midlands

 

Dr Rob Cooper FFPH
Associate Postgraduate Dean
Public Health Training Scheme
West Midlands Deanery
St Chads court
Hayley Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B16 9RG
Tel: 0121 6952534
Email: Rob Cooper

Special Units:

Defence Medical Services

Dr D A Ross MSc MBBS MFTM RCPS(G) MRCGP FFPHM FRCPCH
Army Medical Directorate
Slim Road
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 4NP
Tel: 01276 412938
Email: David Ross

Department of Health

Dr Anne McConville MRCGP FFPH
East of England Public Health Group
Government Office for East of England
Eastbrook Shaftesbury Road 
Cambridge
CB2 8DF
Tel: 01223 372 813
Email: Anne.McConville@dh.gsi.gov.uk