Tag Archives: Director of Public Health

Council takes more than year to appoint public health director

The council has announced that its new director of public health is going to be Ruth Hutchinson. But Hutchinson won’t be starting in this key, legally required role within the council until June. Given that she is replacing Rachel Flowers, … Continue reading

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Borough’s director of public health quits her council job

Rachel Flowers, the director of public health at the cash-strapped council who helped guide the borough through the covid pandemic, is leaving her job. Her boss, Katherine Kerswell, the council chief executive, made the announcement almost as an after-thought in … Continue reading

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Health report finds poverty and deprivation key in inequalities

Rachel Flowers, Croydon’s director of public health, has highlighted local health inequalities and made raft of recommendations to “narrow the gap” to improve residents’ health at every life stage. Flowers’ report is the first for three years that has not … Continue reading

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