{"id":4426,"date":"2021-08-12T15:27:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/?page_id=4426"},"modified":"2023-04-24T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T09:54:32","slug":"ruth-hussey-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/ruth-hussey-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Hussey – Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr Ruth Hussey is the 2023-24 High Sheriff of Merseyside.\u00a0 She assumed the appointment in April 2023.\u00a0

Dr Hussey, originally from North Wales, is a graduate of the University of Liverpool Medical School. She was Director of Public Health for Liverpool from 1991-2002, going on to work at Regional and National level, and becoming Chief Medical Officer for Wales until 2016. In all these roles she had a particular interest in reducing health inequalities.<\/p>

She is currently Deputy Chair of the Food Standards Agency, Vice Chair of the Health Foundation, a trustee at The Reader and has a number of research and policy advisory roles.
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Ruth lives in Liverpool, is married to a GP and has two children.
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In 2001 Ruth was appointed to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire as an Officer and in 2016 made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.\u00a0\u00a0
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Dr Ruth Mary Hussey CB OBE DL << Deputy Lieutenants H – P Dr Ruth Hussey is the 2023-24 High Sheriff of Merseyside.\u00a0 She assumed the appointment in April 2023.\u00a0 Dr Hussey, originally from North Wales, is a graduate of the University of Liverpool Medical School. She was Director of Public Health for Liverpool from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.17\/merseysidelieutenancy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}