{"id":557,"date":"2025-07-16T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/publichealth\/?page_id=557"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:32:21","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/publichealth\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Susan Webb is the Director of Public Health and Health Policy and Ashley Goodfellow is the Deputy Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 200 people work in the department providing specialist advice and support to our colleagues in the NHS, local authorities, the third and independent sectors and the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do this in 4 main areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health Care Public Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The team work to maximise the population benefits of health care while reducing inequalities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/\" target=\"_blank\">Screening <\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cancer &#8211; 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