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Kenny Laing elected Vice Chair of the National Mental Health Nurse Directors Forum

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We are pleased to inform you that Kenny Laing, Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, has been elected as the new Vice Chair of the National Mental Health Nurse Directors Forum.

Kenny said:

“It’s a privilege to be appointed as the vice chair of the forum. The forum plays an important role in supporting mental health and learning disability practice across the country and ensuring that mental health and learning disability nursing is able to positively influence the current changes including the 10 year plan is crucial”.

He will work alongside Vanessa Smith, Chief Nurse at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, who will be stepping into the role of Chair.

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