Rachel Flowers started her career as an environmental health officer in the West Midlands working in local government, both an enforcing officer and community development officer, for over twenty years. Moving to the NHS in 2003 she has worked in the South East and London as an Assistant Director of Public Health and a Consultant in Public Health.

In 2009 Rachel became the first Environmental Health Officer Director of Public Health in England working within Newham, one of the most disadvantaged areas in England where she is a member of the Corporate Management Team of the London Borough of Newham. Rachel has worked with the current and previous Governments and a range of government departments both in her day job and also in her volunteer roles. She is also a Secondary school governor and a reading volunteer working with year four children within the London Borough of Newham