John Evans, former chief mayoral officer for Redbridge Council, died aged 79.
- Credit: Mark Evans
Tributes have been paid to a man who worked tirelessly behind the scenes for decades to help the mayors of Redbridge.
A former Grenadier Guard, former chief mayoral officer John Evans first joined Redbridge Council as a chauffeur to the Redbridge mayor in 1989 and soon after became the chief mayoral officer - a role he dutifully fulfilled until his retirement in 2010.
He died aged 79 after a short illness on April 4.
His first career in the military was the perfect set up for his role in the mayor s office, where he was very particular about getting the pomp and circumstance just right.
The service is seeing far more young children with behaviour concerns (Pixabay) Redbridge mental health services are seeing a “very disturbing” rise in under-fives needing treatment during lockdown. At a meeting of Redbridge Council s health and wellbeing board meeting on March 1, one councillor predicted there will be “a tsunami” of young people needing treatment in the coming months due to the pandemic. Redbridge’s mental health service, run by the NHS North East London Foundation Trust, is still struggling to recruit enough staff to run the service, even after correcting its “historically” low funding. The council’s integrated care director, Bob Edwards, reassured the board that the service should still be “reasonably well-resourced” to tackle the anticipated rise in referrals.
Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporting Service
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10:00 AM March 3, 2021
Cllr Joyce Ryan warned: With young people, mental health is going to be a tsunami.
- Credit: Redbridge Council
Redbridge mental health services are seeing a “disturbing” rise in under-fives needing treatment during lockdown.
At a meeting of Redbridge Council’s health and wellbeing board meeting on March 1, one councillor predicted there will be “a tsunami” of young people needing treatment in the coming months due to the pandemic.
Redbridge’s mental health service, run by the NHS North East London Foundation Trust, is still struggling to recruit enough staff to run the service, even after correcting its “historically” low funding.