New episode of PH Spotlight

In the latest episode of our video podcast, made in partnership with Panoramic Associates, Mike Sandys, Director of Public Health for Leicestershire and Rutland, shares insights from his career.

Tracing his route from Oldham to Salford, St Helens to Derby, and finally to Leicestershire and Rutland, Mike reflects on the shifting landscape of public health practice and highlights how increased involvement in service delivery from smoking cessation and weight management to licensing and planning transformed the possibilities for local action.

Mike underscores the need for resilience, self-belief, and long-term vision and draws on his experiences to offer early-career professionals advice to: “play the long game, invest in people, embrace opportunities, and recognise progress is incremental but impactful.”