Dame Denise Platt (born 21 February 1945) is a British civil servant. She is the Chair of the

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. Prior to this appointment in 2004, she was Chief Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate, and, later, Director for Children, Older People and Social Care Services at the

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of the

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Career

Her first job on qualifying was as a Medical Social Worker at the Middlesex Hospital in London. She has since held a variety of posts in hospital social work, local government and social care. These include Team Leader in the Social Work Department at Guy's Hospital, Principal Social Worker, Hammersmith Hospital, Director of Social Services,

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and Head of Social Services at the

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. She is a past President of the Association of Directors of Social Services, and was Chair of the National Institute for Social Work.

Honours

She is also an honorary fellow of the Centre for Citizen Participation at

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, an honorary council member of the

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(NSPCC), a member of the National Executive Council of the

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, a Governor of the

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, Chair of the National AIDS Trust, a member of the Independent Review Board of the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Services and a Trustee of NSPCC.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Platt, Denise 1945 births British social workers Civil servants in the Ministry of Health (United Kingdom) Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Living people Local government officers in England People associated with the University of Bedfordshire People from Bedfordshire Civil servants from London National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children people Health professionals from London Member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts