Our priorities

COVID-19 response

The committee is collaborating with partners to ensure a robust response to the management of COVID-19.

Pay disparity

Lobbying to address the early career pay disparity between public health medicine consultants and non-medical colleagues.

Recruiting and retaining the consultant workforce

We've negotiated new annual recruitment and retention payments for those joining the consultant workforce in Wales.

Pensions

We successfully persuaded Welsh Government to support access to ‘recycling’ of the employer’s contribution to doctors’ pensions.

Health impact assessments

The WCPHM has collaborated with Welsh Government to ensure the Health Impact Assessment element of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 is progressed. In January 2024, WCPHM received Welsh Government’s Consultation on the Health Impact Assessment regulations. The deadline for comments is 29 March 2024.

Healthcare public health

The WCPHM is working to ensure Healthcare Public Health remains a key function within Public Health Wales.

Workforce planning

We're working to increase the number of public health doctors in Wales.

Our people

The 2022-25 Welsh Committee for Public Health Medicine has now been elected.

One Consultant in Public Health Medicine from each geographical region:

• Dr Michael Thomas, Mid & West Wales Hywel Dda Health Board
• Prof Stephen Monaghan (Dep Chair), South-East Wales Public Health Wales NHS Trust
• Dr Rob Atenstaedt, North Wales Betsi Cadwaladr UHB

Six Consultants in Public Health Medicine elected at an All Wales Level:

• Dr Llion Davies, South-East Wales Public Health Wales NHS Trust
• Joanne McCarthy, Mid & West Wales Hywel Dda Health Board
• Dr Rosalind Reilly, South-East Wales Public Health Wales NHS Trust
• Dr Rhianwen Stiff, South-East Wales Public Health Wales NHS Trust
• Prof John Watkins (Chair), South-East Wales Public Health Wales NHS Trust
• Vacancy

One representative of medical StRs in Public Health Medicine working in Wales:

• Vacancy – For further information, please contact [email protected]

Co-opted without voting rights:

• Dr Marc Davies
• Dr Ciaran Humphreys

Our meetings

The committee normally meets three times a year with one meeting being an open-forum session.

Meeting dates:

• Tuesday 15 October 2024 (10:30 – 1pm, Hybrid)
• Monday 12 May 2025 (open forum session)

All meetings take place from 10.30am to 1pm either virtually or at:

BMA Cymru Wales
5th Floor
2 Caspian Point
Caspian Way
Cardiff
CF10 4DQ

For more information email us or call 029 2047 4633.

Conference

The Public Health Medicine Conference 2025 was held on Monday 17 March 2025.

How to join

There are many advantages to becoming involved in our committees. You can actively influence BMA policy-making and negotiations, represent your colleagues' voices and develop your leadership skills. 

To become a member of the WCPHM you must be a BMA member.

All individuals engaged in BMA business eligible for BMA membership must be and continue to be BMA members.

Each committee has a few routes to becoming an elected member. In the case of WCPHM, these are: 

The election section below is kept up to date with details about any running elections, so make sure you keep checking it throughout the year.  

Elections

Elections will take place following the ARM 2025.

Get in touch

If you are interested in finding out more about the work of the WCPHM, please email us.