South West Public Health Training Conference 2026
Category: Regional Public Health Events – Other
Date: July 1st 2026 10:30am until 4:00pm
Location: Taunton Rugby Club, Veritas Park, Hyde Lane TA2 8BU
All Registrars, Specialty Tutors, Academic, Educational and Activity Supervisors in the South West are invited to this conference. The event will take place face to face only in Taunton.
The aim of the event is to take stock of the past year’s training activities whilst looking forward and planning for next year. Key points from the day’s discussions will be fed back to the South West Population and Public Health Delivery Group for consideration in planning for the development of the Specialty Training Programme in the South West.
The event will act as the 2026/27 annual update for Supervisors to ensure they remain accredited.
Registration is now OPEN. Please click here to register.
Your place will only be confirmed upon receipt of a confirmation email that you will receive within 5 working days.
Please contact the Programme Team if you have any questions about this event.
A draft programme for the conference is available below (subject to change):
| 10:00 | Arrival (Solts Entrance) tea/coffee & networking |
| 10:30 | Welcome – Priory SuiteMaggie Rae, Regional Lead for Population and Public Health/Head of School |
| 10:35 | Population and Public Health Academy Update – WT&EMaggie Rae, Regional Lead for Population and Public Health/Head of SchoolDiane Lloyd, Population and Public Health Specialist Workforce Programme LeadDeb Lear, Population and Public Health Workforce Development Programme LeadGemma Cooke, Population and Public Health Training Manager |
| 11:15 | CPD UpdateKatie Hopgood, South West Faculty of Public Health CPD Advisor |
| 11:35 | Break & networking |
| 12:05 | WORKSHOPS: Registrar Project Presentations Room A – Priory SuiteRoom B – Solts RoomEach presentation to last 20 minutes including Q&A |
| 12:50 | Lunch Break & networking |
| 13:50 | Health Protection, Healthcare Public Health and Academic Public HealthTBC |
| 14:35 | Tea/coffee available for workshops |
| 14:45 | WORKSHOPS: Good Practice CPD SessionsRoom A – Priory SuiteRoom B – Solts RoomEach session to last 1 hour including discussion |
| 15:50 | Celebrating Success – Priory SuiteMaggie Rae, Regional Lead for Population and Public Health/Head of SchoolClosing remarks |
| 16:00 | Conference close |