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Adult Care Services Senior Management Team


Sarah Pickup director of ACS
Sarah Pickup is the Director for Adult Care Services, and has statutory responsibility for the provision of adult social services in Hertfordshire. She is also responsible for the council’s Crime and Drugs Strategy Unit.

Sarah is supported by assistant directors:

Earl Dutton, Services for Older People and Physically Disabled People

Cathy Kerr, Services for People with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health Problems

Ralph Paddock, Finance

Mark Lobban, Community commissioning

Iain MacBeath, Performance and business support

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