Colin Cox

Colin Cox has been Director of Public Health and Communities for Cumberland Council since that Council was formed in April 2023 following the reorganisation of local government in Cumbria. In this role he is responsible not only for public health but also for public protection and a wide range of community engagement and community development functions. Prior to this he was Director of Public Health for Cumbria for nine years, during which he was instrumental in establishing  the Health and Wellbeing Coach team, a significant new approach to supporting individuals to improve their health and wellbeing, as well as leading the local response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Before Cumbria he spent 11 years in Manchester’s Joint Health Unit and public health team, having moved there from Stockport, where he started his career co-ordinating the work of the Drug Action Team before moving into wider health policy and partnership management.