Director of Public Health moving on to pastures new

Lucy Wightman, Director of Public Health for North and West Northamptonshire, has announced that she has been offered and accepted a new role as Director of Public Health at Essex County Council.

ROBBIE DASCOMBE-ROUSE | Monday 10th January 2022 1:13am

Lucy Wightman, Director of Public Health for North and West Northamptonshire, has announced that she has been offered and accepted a new role as Director of Public Health at Essex County Council.

Leader of West Northamptonshire Council, Jonathan Nunn, said:

“I've worked closely with Lucy, particularly over the past few years as we've battled COVID, and she has done an exemplary job in that time. “I'd like to wish Lucy all the best for the future, I'm sure she will help Essex County Council take its public health services to the next level, and they're lucky to be getting her.” 

Lucy said: “In my six and a half years working in Northamptonshire, I've had amazing support from staff in public health, and many colleagues across the health and care system and wider public services. I would like to thank them for their diligence and professionalism, particularly during the past two years and the extreme difficulties presented by the pandemic.”

“I will miss them all but I'm looking forward to a new challenge. I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone the best of luck for the future.”

Part of their interim remit will be to work on the separation of services, as they make the split from joint arrangements with colleagues in North Northamptonshire. Additionally, they have made plans to progress a number of projects across Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Housing, Leisure and Public Health to ensure an ongoing, joined-up approach to wider wellbeing for the future.

Ultimately, they want to build on the work Lucy has done in the health sector, with looking at population health and how we all work, to a set of common outcomes for all our residents to start well, stay well, and age well.

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