Barry Mussenden

Barry Mussenden is Deputy Director for Corporate Communications at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) where he is responsible for internal communications and staff engagement. His previous roles have included leading for DHSC on the Social Partnership Forum with NHS Employers, NHS trade unions and NHS England.

Barry has been actively involved in work on race equality, diversity and inclusion within the Civil Service, including as co-chair of the DHSC Race Equality Matters Network and the Civil Service Race Forum.

Before joining the Civil Service he had a long history of working to promote equality and social justice, including as an anti-racist campaigner and a member of the Stephen Lawrence Family Campaign.