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Professor Simon Kenny, NHS England National Clinical Director for Children and Young People & Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Urologist

Professor Simon Kenny has been NHS England National Clinical Director for Children and Young People since 2019. He trained in Birmingham, Liverpool and Melbourne and has been a consultant paediatric surgeon and urologist at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool since 2003. He is an Honorary Professor in Child Health, and his research interests include population level data and regenerative medicine. As Clinical Director at Alder Hey he played a significant role in redesigning services and moving into the new award-winning Alder Hey in the Park in 2015. He is also the National Clinical Lead for Paediatric Surgery and Urology in the Getting It Right First Time programme and Chair of the Women’s and Children’s Programme of Care in Specialised Commissioning. He was awarded an OBE in 2023 for services to paediatric surgery.