Gina Radford

Gina Radford (the Reverend Professor Georgina Margaret Radford,[2] born 25 April 1955)[1] is a parish priest in the Church of England. Since June 2019, she has been Team Vicar in the Dart and Avon Mission Community at South Brent,[3] Devon, in the Diocese of Exeter.[4]

The Reverend

Gina Radford
Born (1955-04-25) 25 April 1955[1]
Surrey, England
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained2016
Congregations served
St Petrocs and St Marys
WebsiteSt Petrocs and St Marys homepage

Having changed her vocation from the public's physical and mental health provision, during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic she was initially drawn back into her traditional field as a doctor, but found that her new calling was particularly suited in ministering to spiritual needs when also considering the sudden wider physical health symptoms which could result in long-term psychological changes,[5][6] and has contributed to advising on the Church's response to the pandemic.[7]

Career

Ministry

A lifelong Christian, Radford was ordained to the priesthood in 2016. She was a curate at St James church, in the Diocese of Ely, Cambridgeshire, leaving in May 2016,[8] prior to becoming installed at St Petroc's Church, South Brent, Devon in June 2019.[2]

Health professional

Prior to her ecclesiastical service, Radford was a public health physician who was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England from 2015 to 2019.[9]

She led on the Department of Health’s response to the early-2000s Shipman Enquiry, and represented the Chief Medical Officer on the WHO’s Western Pacific Regional Committee.

After leaving the Department of Health in 2007, Radford was Director of Public Health in Fife, Director of Public Health for East of England, and Centre Director for Anglia and Essex for Public Health England.[10][11]

Radford was a keynote speaker at a 2017 Rare Diseases Conference organised by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.[12]

In November 2020, she was confirmed as a trustee of the UK National Organisation for Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.[13]

Radford also broadcasts on television, acts as an expert opinion in health matters,[14][15][16][17][18] and is a governor of Marjon University in Plymouth, Devon, England.[19]

References
  1. Radford, Rev. Georgina Margaret, (Gina) Who's Who, Retrieved 20 November 2020
  2. St Petrocs and St Marys www.stpetrocsandstmarys.org.uk Retrieved 20 November 2020
  3. Dart and Avon Mission Community www.dartandavonmissioncommunity.org Retrieved 20 November 2020
  4. Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer brings skills to new parish role Diocese of Exeter, 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  5. Coronavirus diagnosis closes Churston Ferrers church for deep clean BBC News , 6 March 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021
  6. Public health and spiritual health: five minutes with . . . Gina Radford The BMJ, 8 July 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020
  7. COVID-19: Scientific and Medical Background Briefing Paper 31st March 2020 Thinking Anglicans, Retrieved 22 January 2021
  8. Gina — Thinking Allowed/Anglesey Benefice Change of Service Pattern Lode Star, May 2016, pp.30-31
  9. A Conversation with the Reverend Professor Gina Radford American Cathedral in Paris, 13 May 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  10. Gina Radford Public Health Matters, Public Health England. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  11. Gina Radford UK government people. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  12. BPSU - Rare Disease Conference 2017: From bench to bedside - new treatments for children with rare disease archived 12 September 2017 from the original. Retrieved 24 December 2020
  13. Distinguished New Trustees Join National FASD National Organisation for FASD, 6 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020
  14. Devon vicar joins Prince William for service Radio Exe, 24 May 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  15. William records mental health video message for national church service Tottenham and Wood Green Independent, 22 May 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  16. Prince William praises Christian teachings of faith, hope and love’ in online Church of England service iNews, 24 May 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  17. Politics England BBC, 29 March 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  18. Prince William records mental health message for national church service The Independent, 24 May 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020
  19. Marjon progresses health focus with appointment of two new governors www.marjon.ac.uk, 13 January 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020
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