Public Health Team

The Public Health Team supports multiple functions across the council enabling residents to live well for longer. The team is made up of different ‘arms':

  • Business
  • Wider determinants
  • Health improvement
  • Intelligence
  • Health Protection 

The Public Health Business Team is the initial contact for finance, risk, governance and health and safety.

Intelligence leads on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and data analysis informing service development and commissioning through the identification of areas of need. 

Health Improvement shape and develop health initiatives through pilot programmes, training and awareness campaigns. Wider Determinants focus on the ‘wider’ areas which influence health such as the environment and employment.

Director of Public Health: position currently shared across the senior team

Team structure

Contact details

Team members

Senior management

Guy Kilminster
Corporate Manager Health Improvement

Rod Thomson
Consultant in Public Health

Dr Susan Roberts (Susie)
Consultant in Public Health

Dr Matthew Atkinson
Consultant in Public Health

Business

Paul Cooke
Business and Governance Officer

Intelligence

Sara Deakin
Senior Information Analyst Public Health

Jack Chedotal
Public Health Information Analyst

Andrew Moss
Public Health Information Analyst

Georgia Carsberg
JSNA Support Officer

Health Improvement

Rachel Zammit
Health Promotion and Improvement Manager

Rachael Nicholls
Project Worker

Lori Hawthorne
Public Health Development Officer

Katherine Dutton
Public Health Development Officer

Hayley Cooper
Public Health Development Officer

Health Protection

Emily Kindred-Paxton
Health Protection Officer

Joel Hammond-Gant
Health Protection Officer

Osama Hussein
Health Protection Officer

Last reviewed: 01 September 2025
Page contact: Rachael Nicholls