Meet the Healthy Workforce Team

I’m Ally Green, the Workforce & Training Team Lead. After 18 years working in both Adults & Children’s Social Care, I moved in 2018 to Healthy Cornwall, it’s been great working alongside colleagues motivated to improve the physical and mental health of residents, particularly those most at risk of health inequality.  I lead on the workforce and training offer for Healthy Cornwall and provide line management support to the training team and outreach health check practitioners.  To keep my resilience levels in good shape, I love how regular yoga makes me feel, and maybe this is the moment to reveal my guilty wellbeing pleasure – sitting in the garden listening to BBC Radio 4’s The Archers!

My name is Susan Mercer and I am an Outreach Health Check Practitioner with Healthy Cornwall. I deliver NHS Health Checks and Health Assessments in workplaces from the east of Truro up to the border. My role enables me to meet people from a wide range of workplaces and I enjoy helping them to make a start on improving their health & wellbeing. Away from work, I am a keen year-round sea swimmer which helps to boost both my physical and mental health. There is nothing better than a sea swim in the depths of winter followed by coffee and cake!

My name is Graham Hicks and have been with Healthy Cornwall for over 10 years working as a health trainer/life coach for 5 years supporting health and wellbeing covering mental health, weight management and social inclusion. My role over the past 5 years has been largely delivering NHS Free Health checks, Health Assessments and Virtual Lifestyle Assessments (VLAs) which was particularly effective during the pandemic. I am a people person and enjoy my work immensely, knowing the job I do can change lives and make a difference so people can be healthier and happier. The icing on the cake is being part of our amazing team…I wouldn’t do anything else!