ROSEMARY KENNEDY

Chief Nursing Officer, Welsh Assembly Government

Rosemary Kennedy joined the Civil Service as Chief Nursing Officer to the then Welsh Office at the end of January 1999. This post is one of the four UK Chief Nursing Officer posts supporting Government administration.

After completion of her state registration nurse training at St George’s Hospital, London, on the 2+1 experimental course, Rosemary went on to gain further qualifications including midwifery, neurosurgical nursing, district nursing, MSc in research and evaluation and Diploma in Nursing from the University of London, specialising in gerontology.

She has held a variety of senior management posts including Director of Nursing Services for both community services and acute services and general management posts. Her last post was that of Executive Nurse Director at Addenbrookes NHS Trust University of Cambridge Teaching Hospital.

Rosemary is married with a grown up family. She holds the rank of Colonel in the Army Medical Services, Territorial Army, and is retained as Honorary Civilian Consultant (Army) for Nursing to the Director General and the Director of Army Nursing Services and has carried out work on Clinical Governance on military operations which led to her leading on the development of Operational Competencies for nurses deployed on military operations. She is also delighted to have recently become Patron to the Association of Continence Advisers.