Dr Jane Padmore

Dr Jane Padmore is a Registered Mental Nurse and is passionate about inclusion and ensuring all have the best quality experience, regardless of whether they are service users, carers or staff. She has worked in mental health and learning disability services since 1990, initially as a healthcare assistant in learning disability services. She has experience across learning disability and adult and child mental health as well as forensic services. Jane has been involved in clinical services, service development and academic work throughout her career and is the author of a book about child and adolescent mental health.

Jane is currently responsible for a diverse range of areas in HPFT including safety, risk and compliance and governance as well as safeguarding. In addition, Jane is Board level lead to nurses, social workers, psychologists and allied health professionals and is the Caldicott Guardian for the Trust. Jane is involved in work at a national and regional level in a number of areas and is on Mental Health and Learning Disability Directors of Nursing Council Forum. Jane was awarded a Doctorate from Kings College London having researched the mental health needs of young people in street gangs.