Tributes have been paid to the woman who led a Welsh health board through the Covid pandemic after she died at home following a battle with cancer. Ros Jervis had been Hywel Dda University Health Board’s director of public health since 2017.
She had only recently retired to spend more time with her family and friends while she received treatment for her illness. Sadly, she died at her home near Cardigan on Friday. She has been credited with leading the health board’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and been described by colleagues as a “consummate professional” who was “cheerful and heart-warming” and who “brought light and joy to any situation”.
Before taking up one of the most senior health roles across the region of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire five years ago, she was director of public health at the City of Wolverhampton Council and was also an active member of the National Council for the Association of Directors of Public Health, where she held the lead role for sector led improvement.
