Tracy Daszkiewicz


Tracy Daszkiewicz 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.

Career

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

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. Her work on the incident, and the subsequent poisonings of Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, resulted in her being profiled by The Guardian in January 2019.
She was portrayed by Anne-Marie Duff 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. 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. 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.
In June 2020, she joined Public Health England as Deputy Director of Population Health and Wellbeing for South-West England.

Personal life

Daszkiewicz is married to Ted, with three daughters and a son. As of 2020, the couple live near Salisbury.