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01  Voice · Regulator · Health inequalities

Alex Hawkins-Drew: no photograph is held, so the States of Guernsey (Public Health Services, Health and Social Care) monogram is shown instead.
Regulator

Alex Hawkins-Drew

Associate Director of Public Health, States of Guernsey (Public Health Services, Health and Social Care)

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Quoted in the press on 2 topics since 6 Nov 2025

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OfficeStates of Guernsey (Public Health Services, Health and Social Care), St Peter PortThe organisation’s office, not a personal address.

02  Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics

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Alex Hawkins-Drew: key facts

Kind of voice
Regulator
Role
Associate Director of Public Health
Organisation
States of Guernsey (Public Health Services, Health and Social Care)
Quoted on
Health inequalities, Public health & prevention
Press coverage
Also cited
Most recently quoted
28 Aug 2026
First quoted
6 Nov 2025

03  Profile

Who Alex Hawkins-Drew is

Alex Hawkins-Drew is Associate Director of Public Health at the States of Guernsey, and is quoted in that role in government releases and in local press. Earlier public material describes them as Consultant Midwife, Head of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, and Head of Public Health for Women and Children's Services and Lead for Public Health Nursing.

Nursing Times lists them as an author, with a byline describing them as director of public health for Health and Social Care in Guernsey. Their published comments cover child and family wellbeing (the Solihull Approach parenting courses), youth vaping cessation (the QuitVape pilot), MMR vaccination rates, breastfeeding support and the child measurement programme. Their LinkedIn profile lists education at the University of Manchester and a Supervisor of Midwives conversion course at the University of Hull.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Was Head of the Covid-19 vaccination programme for the States of Guernsey, and recorded a public message explaining the programme for 12-15 year olds. Source ↗

  2. 02

    Quoted as Associate Director of Public Health on the launch of QuitVape, a pilot service for young people aged 12-18 (up to 25 for care leavers). It is run with Action for Children, with School Nursing providing intensive support. Source ↗

  3. 03

    Co-authored a Nursing Times article on gaining feedback from people with a learning disability. A LinkedIn listing also shows a piece on surveying views of an accessible Covid-19 vaccination clinic (Nursing Times, January 2024). Source ↗

04  The signal · where Alex Hawkins-Drew sits on health inequalities

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One of the voices most often quoted in the press on health inequalities.

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  4. Dr Aravinda GuntupalliAcademicInstitute of Applied Health Sciences, University of AberdeenLeading
  5. Greg CeelySector leaderhead of population life events at the Office for National StatisticsLeading
  6. Alex Hawkins-DrewRegulatorAssociate Director of Public Health, States of Guernsey (Public Health Services, Health and Social Care)Leading
  7. Phillipa HaxtonSector leaderHead of Vital Events Statistics, National Records of ScotlandLeading
  8. Hannah DaviesSector leaderChief Executive of the Northern Health Science Alliance and Executive Director of Health Equity NorthLeading

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05  On the record · press

What Alex Hawkins-Drew has said

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  • bbc.co.uk
  • bailiwickexpress.com
  • bbc.com
  • islandfm.com

Where Alex Hawkins-Drew has been quoted

  1. Guernsey child obesity rates rise among youngest pupilsbbc.co.uk · 28 Aug 2026
  2. One fifth of Year 1 schoolchildren in Guernsey overweightislandfm.com · 28 Aug 2026
  3. Provider withdraws from digital weight loss trial in Guernseybbc.co.uk · 21 Aug 2026
  4. Guernsey to offer time limited meningitis B vaccine programmebbc.com · 17 Jun 2026
  5. Guernsey childhood weight report highlights inequalitiesbbc.co.uk · 6 Nov 2025
  6. Childhood weight and height survey finds inequality a factorbailiwickexpress.com · 6 Nov 2025
How we found the articles that name Alex Hawkins-Drew: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics

Health inequalities

  • health inequalities
  • health disparities
  • health inequality
  • deprivation and health
  • healthy life expectancy
  • life expectancy gap
  • levelling up health
  • social determinants of health

Also searched with “health inequalities” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Health inequalities

Public health & prevention

  • public health
  • preventative healthcare
  • prevention agenda
  • health prevention
  • obesity strategy
  • childhood obesity
  • smoking cessation
  • smoke-free

Also searched with “public health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Public health & prevention

Verbatim

“a concerning health inequality”
associate director of public health · Health inequalities · bbc.co.uk · 28 Aug 2026 · Read the article
“It is not to do with something particular schools are doing or not doing, but rather about the broader environments and conditions in which children grow up: those from more affluent backgrounds tend to have better health outcomes - this is true for many different measures.”
Public Health · Health inequalities · islandfm.com · 28 Aug 2026 · Read the article
“committed to developing a service”
Public Health associate director · Public health & prevention · bbc.co.uk · 21 Aug 2026 · Read the article
“Public Health are aware of the programme planned in the UK and are working on the local offer”
Associate director of Guernsey Public Health · Public health & prevention · bbc.com · 17 Jun 2026 · Read the article
“a concerning health inequality”
Public Health associate director · Health inequalities · bbc.co.uk · 6 Nov 2025 · Read the article
“Data like this forms an important evidence-base for guiding decisions which, we hope, will have a direct impact on families with the aim of making it easy and affordable for the whole family to be healthy.”
Associate Director, Public Health · Health inequalities · bailiwickexpress.com · 6 Nov 2025 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. Solihull Approach: new, free online courses supporting emotional health and wellbeing - States of Guernsey. Official States of Guernsey release naming Alex Hawkins-Drew as Associate Director of Public Health.
  2. Findings of the Guernsey Child Measurement Programme 2025 - States of Guernsey. Alex Hawkins-Drew, Associate Director, Public Health, quoted on the 2025 child measurement programme.
  3. QuitVape launches to help Guernsey's addicted youth - Bailiwick Express. Press quote as Associate Director of Public Health on the QuitVape youth vaping pilot.
  4. Measles vaccination rates remain high - Bailiwick Express. Quoted as Guernsey's Associate Director of Public Health on local MMR vaccination rates.
  5. Scheme extended to support breastfeeding in the community - States of Guernsey. Quoted as Associate Director of Public Health on the Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme.
  6. Alex Hawkins-Drew - Nursing Times author page. Author byline describing them as director of public health, Health and Social Care, States of Guernsey. Also evidences their Nursing Times article on feedback from people with a learning disability.
  7. Alex Hawkins-Drew (@AlexHawkinsDrew) on X. Account bio gives an earlier role as Head of Public Health for Women and Children's Services and Lead for Public Health Nursing, based in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
  8. Alex Hawkins-Drew - States of Guernsey (LinkedIn). Profile lists experience at the States of Guernsey, education at the University of Manchester, a Supervisor of Midwives conversion course (University of Hull), and a location of Saint Peter Port.
  9. Changing Times, October 2016 - States of Guernsey. Earlier role as Consultant Midwife in Guernsey.
  10. Vaccination programme for 12-15 year olds - Message from Alex Hawkins-Drew. Described as Head of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

07  Contact & links

LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/alex-hawkins-drew-3b91061bb
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Named officials of regulators, arms-length bodies and public agencies such as the CQC, NHS England or a local authority association. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.