Our Vision
Our vision is to develop a dynamic and inclusive London School of Public Health that nurtures specialty registrars through high‑quality, well‑governed placements, excellent educational supervision, and engaging learning opportunities. Central to this is meaningful registrar involvement in decision‑making, constructive challenge, and maximising opportunities that support professional growth and leadership development.
Alongside specialty training, we are committed to supporting the wider public health workforce across London. This includes specialist portfolio and practitioner schemes, apprenticeships, and new funded skills programmes delivered in partnership with system organisations. Through innovative cross‑specialty collaborations, oversubscribed applied learning programmes, and the development of a new Dual Training programme in Public Health and General Practice, we aim to strengthen public health as a specialty, drive innovation, and build a collaborative, future‑focused School, made possible through the continued support of our partners, supervisors, and senior leaders.
Meet the Team
The School of Public Health – London is led by a Head of School (HoS), supported by an experienced team of Training Programme Directors (TPDs) who oversee training across the School’s geographical areas. Registrars are allocated a TPD at the start of training, with continuity maintained wherever possible. Each TPD has responsibility for specific workstreams and training locations. The Head of School reports directly to the Postgraduate Dean for Public Health.
To support continuous improvement and enhance the training experience, the HoS and TPDs meet regularly with a committee of registrar representatives to discuss key issues and collaborate on service and quality improvement initiatives.
Head of School
Rachel Wells has led the School of Public Health – London since Autumn 2018, following several years as a TPD and ES. With a strong passion for education, she has focused on advancing the School, fostering collaboration, and introducing innovative approaches in London. Her commitment to delivering high-quality registrar training while maximising opportunities for London registrars has been a top priority. She actively promotes registrar involvement in decision-making, engagement, and constructive challenges.
Additionally, Rachel has been a longstanding advocate for developing the wider public health workforce, assembling a dedicated team to support this mission. Alongside her leadership at the School, Rachel serves as a Consultant in Public Health in Barnet, North London, overseeing the Neighbourhoods, Communities, and Mental Health team. Her work spans suicide prevention, community development, PCN neighbourhood public health, and asylum seeker health. Over her 30-year career, she has held diverse roles across local, regional, and national government and the NHS. Rachel is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH), registered with UKPHR as a Generalist Specialist, and contributes to the FPH Poverty Special Interest Group (SIG).
Training Programme Director
Jane is a UKPHR-registered Public Health Specialist with over 25 years’ experience across the Department of Health, NHS, and local government. Her career has evolved from nursing through specialist health promotion roles to serving as Director of Public Health for both Swindon PCT and Newham Borough Council, and as a Consultant in Public Health in Health & Justice, violence reduction, and as part of the London Mayor’s COVID response and recovery team. She was until recently a Consultant in Public Health in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
As a public health specialist, Jane has led public health programmes and co-authored papers in specialist fields including health inequality, violence reduction, and mental health. Jane is currently also an independent Monitoring Board (IMB) member of two prisons.
Jane leads on Supported Return to Training (SRTT) and Trainees in Difficulty for the School. She is also the link TPD for local authorities in North East London, the GLA, NICE, OHOD-UKHSA Global, FCDO, and NHS England, and leads on the ARCP process for the School.
Training Programme Director
Julie George took up the role of TPD in July 2020, at the same time she became Deputy Director of Public Health at Barnet. She worked as an educational supervisor for many years as part of her Consultant role at Surrey County Council. Since 2010, Julie has been associated with the Institute of Health Informatics at UCL, completing her NIHR Doctoral Fellowship in 2013 and subsequently securing an NIHR Postdoctoral Clinical Fellowship in 2017. Since October 2022, Julie has stepped back from full-time service Public Health to concentrate on her TPD role and academic research.
Julie is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) and registered with UKPHR as Generalist Specialist. She is the academic TPD for the School, with responsibility for a cohort of around 40 registrars and Educational Supervisor development. She is also the link TPD for all UKHSA placements, academic institutions, think-tanks and voluntary agencies, and training locations in North West and North Central London.
Training Programme Director
Livia joined the public health community 25 years ago. Since qualifying as a public health specialist in 2005, she has undertaken a number of public health consultant and director positions across London and the South East of England. Public health training and education has always been Livia’s passion and she has supervised public health and GP registrars for many years. Livia trained with GP educators and completed her PG Certificate for Teaching in Primary Care in 2013. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) and registered with UKPHR as Generalist Specialist.
Livia joined the London Public Health Training Programme as TPD in 2022. She leads on KA10 panels for the School and is the link TPD for local authorities in South London, the Department of Health and Social Care including OHID and the CMO’s office. Livia views supporting, enabling, and empowering registrars to discover their full potential as the best role she could wish for.