Watchdogs calling for treatment, not arrests

THE Faculty of Public Health (FPH) describes itself as the ‘standard setting body for specialists in public health in the United Kingdom’.

It was established as a registered charity in the early 1970s and is funded in the main by its 3,300 members, who contribute an annual membership fee to the organisation.

According to the Charity Commission, the FPH had an annual income of £1,682,926 on 31 December 2014. Members come from a diverse range of professional backgrounds (including clinical, academic, policy) and usually work at a strategic or specialist level.

The FPH is based at Regent’s Park, London, beside the Royal College of Physicians. ROYAL Society for Public Health (RSPH) is an independent charity ‘dedicated to the improvement of the public’s health and wellbeing’.

Formed in October 2008 with the merger of the Royal Society of Health and the Royal Institute of Public Health, it aims to ‘help inform policy and practice’ and help communities to live healthily.

Charity Commission records showed a yearly income of £3,593,772 for 2014.

Funded by nearly 6,000 members working in sectors from environmental health to dentistry, it also makes money by providing public health training courses and food safety qualifications.

Its headquarters are in Aldgate in London’s east end.