Gill Leng

National Home and Health Lead: Health Equity and Mental Health Division

Gill has worked with local government for 16 years, enabling councils and their partners across England to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities by tackling poor and unsuitable housing, preventing and responding to homelessness, building new homes and supporting communities. Running a national consultancy from Greater Manchester, for the last two years Gill has been Public Health England’s national lead on homes, homelessness & and health, and she is currently engaged by the Royal Society for Public Health and a number of local authorities to provide expert input.