Public Health Specialty Training in Torbay

Torbay Public Health is an accredited public health specialty training location in the South West.  Please read more about our local training offer:

Training in Torbay

In Torbay we are a small team but a passionate one.

We are at the forefront of integrated working and have high levels of trust and good relationships, both across the Council but also within the Integrated Care System and Local Care Partnership.

We welcome registrars and other training and fellowship posts, and we learn a lot from all who have trained with us.

We have excellent academic and research links.

Being a relatively small, unitary authority, we have extensive opportunities for registrars to get involved in and lead on a wide range of programmes.

Team members are held in high regard across the partnership, and we believe strongly in co-production and collaboration. If you want to learn about working in complex adaptive systems, this is the place.

Examples of registrar work

• Gambling Harms Health Needs Assessment
• NHS Health Check guidance for patients
• Annual Public Health Report
• Development of local HIV Action Plan
• Scoping new approaches to Digital Inclusion
• Health Impact Assessment for Combined Authority Transport Plan

About Torbay

Torbay is a coastal unitary authority with a population of around 140,000 covering the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. It has a stunning natural environment and is a popular tourist destination.

Alongside this there are high levels of poverty, inequalities and ill-health.

Torbay has a national reputation for integrated care, with a public sector committed to working in a joined-up way to improve health and wellbeing and to deliver excellence in health and care.

We have a very active community sector and work in partnership across voluntary and statutory organisations on all of our public health programmes.

This commitment provides a firm foundation on which to tackle the significant health and wellbeing challenges experienced by our population.

Find out more about the Bay, and our public and business partnerships.

Find out about community led development in Torbay.

Key Challenges

Many people in Torbay experience significant poverty.

Torbay is ranked as the most deprived local authority in the southwest, with high proportions of children living in poverty and in contact with care services.

• There are significant inequalities, with an eight year difference in life expectancy between areas of high and lower deprivation.
• Many people live alone, and we have a high proportion of old and young carers.
• A third of residents are expected to be over 65 by the middle of the next decade. 
• The proportion of the population living with long term conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular or respiratory diseases is high.
• Around 1 in 3 adults and 1 in 3 year six children across Torbay are estimated to be obese.
• Torbay is a national outlier for suicide and self-harm.
• Rates of homelessness are high.

Our Health and Wellbeing Strategic priorities:

• Healthy neighbourhoods where people of all ages can live, work and thrive.
• Healthy spaces for children and young people.
• Healthy work.
• Healthy ageing. 

We have workstreams seeking to:

• Turn the tide on poverty
• Get Torbay on the Move
• Promote Living Longer Better

Underpinning all our work is a focus on public and professional partnerships and reducing inequalities

You can find out more about our population in our Torbay joint strategic needs assessment 2025/26

For information about our strategic priorities see our Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 to 2026 

To find out more…

For a chat about training in Torbay please contact our Specialty Tutor: Julia.Chisnell@torbay.gov.uk

Contact Us

Public Health Department
Tor Hill House
Union Street
Torquay
TQ2 5QW

www.torbay.gov.uk

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