Viv Bennett
Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
Department of Health
Viv trained as a nurse in Oxford in 1976 and worked in children’s nursing before training as a health visitor in Oxford in the early 1980s. Viv worked as a health visitor and research health visitor in Oxford whilst studying for a BA and then Masters in health and social policy.
Viv has worked in a number of operational management and commissioning
roles and undertaken nurse executive roles in both provider and commissioning
organisations, most recently as Director of Strategy and Redesign/Chief Nurse
at Coventry Primary Care Trust. She has
also worked for SHA and local government on projects relating to nursing
strategy and services for children and families.
Viv joined the DH as Deputy Chief Nursing Officer in November 07 to work with CNO, the other DCNO and the Nursing Professional Leadership team on all aspects of nursing development and leadership.
Viv’s specific portfolio includes Community Nursing and Health Visiting, Commissioning, Primary and Community Care/Transforming Community Services, Mental Health and Learning Disability and services for children and families
