Deputy Director - NHS Safeguarding
Kenny Gibson is the Deputy Director for NHS Safeguarding, overseeing several portfolios including tackling abuse, exploitation, radicalisationand violence. He leads nationally on Contextual Safeguarding; Trauma Informed Care; Prevent in the NHS and Child Protection Information System.
Having begun his NHS career as a laundry assistant in 1980 at a mental health unit, Kenny was encouraged to become a nursing assistant and then trained as a nurse and then a midwife.
Kenny has held various operational, management and strategic posts in both community and public health but always with nursing at the heart of these roles.
Prior to becoming the Head of Safeguarding for NHS England, Kenny was the Head of Public Health Commissioning for London.
Kenny is passionate about connecting with and listening to patients, carers and health practitioners in order to improve services and experiences within the NHS, as well as to empower people about their own well-being.
Kenny was awarded his MBE in January 2022 for services to healthcare leadership.
You can follow Kenny on Twitter at: @KennyGibsonNHS or @NHSSafeguarding
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Safeguarding means protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm,...
