Dr Claire Kenwood

Role:Medical Director

Dr Claire Kenwood joined us as Medical Director in March 2017.

Claire studied medicine at Birmingham University and qualified in 1988. She began her career in Mental Health in 1989 and completed her training in a variety of placements and specialties in Birmingham and Southampton, becoming consultant in assertive outreach in 1999.

After a period of work in Trafford as a consultant in assertive outreach and rehabilitation she moved to Scotland and spent 10 years working in Livingston initially as a consultant and then as Clinical Director. It was here that she developed an interest in clinical leadership.

Subsequent to this she completed a Master’s in Clinical Leadership at Glasgow University followed by a Master’s in Advanced Leadership Practice with Edinburgh Napier and Harvard Executive Education. The focus of these studies was on clinical, quality and safety and in particular research interests in relationships and leadership required for good patient outcomes.

In 2014 Claire took up a post in Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as Associate Medical Director for Quality and also clinically supporting and leading the development of a new inpatient rehabilitation service for men.

During this time she was successful in becoming part of the first cohort of the Q Initiative and also a Non-Executive Director of the quality improvement organisation AQuA.

As part of the Cumbria learning and improvement collaborative Claire supported a successful application for a health foundation grant, once again looking at the use of relationships, specifically relational coordination, to improve patient care and quality. As part of the work supporting relational competent systems she undertook mediation training with Core Solutions.

Email: claire.kenwood@nhs.net