Laura joined the ICB from the Frimley Integrated Care system. Prior to this, she served as Head of Wellbeing and Public Health with Essex County Council, which involved working with leaders and partner organisations from across the Essex system, providing support, advice and guidance on population health issues specifically arising from the wider determinants of health and health inequalities.
Laura’s other previous roles within Essex County Council included working as an interim Public Health Specialist and Senior Commissioning Delivery Officer. Laura has also worked at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colchester Hospital and Ipswich Hospital Trust.
Laura is a qualified doctor with a background in both nursing and medicine and has a passion for tackling health inequalities and understands north east Essex as well as its associated challenges.