Tracy Daszkiewicz Explained

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Tracy Daszkiewicz (born 17 November 1973)[1] is a Deputy Director of Population Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England. She was formerly the Director of Public Health and Safety for the county of Wiltshire, England, where in 2018 she played a leading role in the response to the Novichok poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury.[2] [3] [4]

Career

She began her career as a health clinic receptionist in Coventry, then undertook a degree in social work with the Open University.[5]

Novichok poisonings

Although she had worked for Wiltshire Council for ten years, she had only been in post as Director of Public Health for three months at the time of the Skripal poisonings in March 2018 (she had previously served in the post in an interim role[6]). Her work on the incident, and the subsequent poisonings of Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess (the latter fatal), resulted in her being profiled by The Guardian in January 2019.[7]

She was portrayed by Anne-Marie Duff (and was briefly seen, as herself, in a non speaking role[8]) in the three-part BBC Television drama The Salisbury Poisonings, screened in June 2020, in preparation for which she was "interviewed extensively" by the programme makers.[9] Lawrence Bowen, the series' executive producer, said:

Daszkiewicz was reported as saying that her character in the series is a composite of many different people who dealt with the aftermath.[10] The series resulted in her receiving renewed media attention, including an interview in The Telegraph, which described her as:

Later work

She also played a leading role in Wiltshire Council's response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.[11] [12]

In June 2020, she joined Public Health England as Deputy Director of Population Health and Wellbeing for South-West England.[13]

Awards

Daszkiewicz received an honorary degree from the University of the West of England in 2022.[14]

Personal life

Daszkiewicz is married to Ted (played by William Houston in The Salisbury Poisonings[15]), with three daughters and a son. As of 2020, the couple live near Salisbury.

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Notes and References

  1. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/iyO8rhFyQQTO38cURiBnxIstYg0/appointments Companies House
  2. News: No children or ducks harmed by novichok, say health officials . Morris . Steven . 18 April 2019 . . 2019-04-21 . Bannock . Caroline .
  3. News: Anderson . Hayley . Tracy Daszkiewicz: What happened to Tracy Daszkiewicz Director of Public Health and Safety . . 14 June 2020 . 14 June 2020.
  4. Web site: McIntosh . Steven . TV drama revisits Salisbury poison attack 'horror' . . 14 June 2020.
  5. News: Kelly . Guy . How the Salisbury poisonings prepared us for a pandemic . https://web.archive.org/web/20200614215341/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/how-salisbury-poisonings-prepared-us-pandemic/. 14 June 2020 . . 14 June 2020.
  6. Web site: News - Council supports police drug operation . . 14 June 2020.
  7. News: Morris . Steven . 'People just want their lives back': Salisbury dreams of a calm 2019 . 14 June 2020 . . 1 January 2019.
  8. Episode 3 . The Salisbury Poisonings . The Salisbury Poisonings . 16 June 2020 . . 16 June 2020 . 3 .
  9. Web site: Griffiths . Eleanor Bley Griffiths . Who is Tracy Daszkiewicz? Meet Anne-Marie Duff's character in The Salisbury Poisonings . . 14 June 2020 .
  10. emmavolney . 1272261839150342145 . 14 June 2020 . The real Tracy Daszkiewicz says her character is a composite of many different people who dealt with the aftermath – Emma Volney, journalist, BBC Wiltshire .
  11. Web site: Dunford. Peter. 12 March 2020. Fourth confirmed COVID-19 case in Wiltshire. 14 June 2020. Wiltshire Council.
  12. News: Finnis . Alex . 14 June 2020 . Meet Tracy Daszkiewicz, the woman the centre of the response to the Salisbury poisonings . iNews . 14 June 2020.
  13. News: Trim . Liam . 7 unanswered questions you will have after The Salisbury Poisonings . 16 June 2020 . Somerset Live . 16 June 2020.
  14. Web site: 2 August 2022 . Honorary Graduates . 2022-08-19 . UWE Bristol.
  15. Web site: Meet the cast of The Salisbury Poisonings . Radio Times . 14 June 2020.

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