Kathryn has over 20 years’ senior leadership experience in health, third sector, and commercial sector, and has worked as a national leader in children and young people’s mental health services.
This year she has moved into consultancy, advising voluntary, community social enterprise and public sector organisations. Previously she held a national role at NHS England, working to create and implement cross-government strategies for improving outcomes for children’s mental health, including the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, Future in Mind, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper and the NHS Long Term Plan.
Before moving to NHS England, she commissioned mental health, specialist and acute services, led the policy team at YoungMinds and worked nationally and regionally focusing on integration and whole system development.