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Public Health Specialists - capacity and pay

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1. 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.
The public health team serves the Wokingham Borough Council population of 187,200 residents.
We have 1 full time director of public health and 3 consultants in public health equating to 2.56 WTE, no vacancies and all permanent posts - although the DPH role is seconded currently from the establishment and backfilled by a fixed term consultant.
We have no non-registered specialists earning >£70,000
Public Health Consultant are paid at SM4 £92,594 - £97,727 prorated to their WTE
The salary for Director Public Health is covered by the Pay Policy Statement and is a spot salary (no increments) at: £131,190

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