BIO
Personal Profile
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Dr Jon Bashford
Dr Jon Bashford is an experienced senior manager, researcher and teacher with over 35 years experience working in health, social care and education in the public and voluntary sectors. He is particularly known for his work on mental health, veterans, drug and alcohol use, offender health and equality and human rights. Coming from a practitioner background as a Registered Mental Nurse Jon has been able to successfully bridge the gap between research, innovation and practice. He has worked extensively as a senior manager on programmes for health and social care improvement including service user, carer and community engagement. In particular Jon has a reputation for ensuring that engagement and inclusion are at the forefront of service and strategy transformation to reduce inequalities.
Expertise and Experience
Global Policy Institute
Queen Mary University London
Employment and Health Inequalities
Breaking Barriers Innovations
Communities, Rights and Inclusion
University of Central Lancashire
Jon is a Senior Visiting Fellow with the Global Policy Institute at Queen Mary University London. The Institute takes Queen Mary's world class research and helps to translate this expertise into positive social and practical dividends by addressing key global problems across a range of policy areas (from global health, to technology, from housing to human mobility).
As Director of Research for Breaking Barriers Innovations Jon has led a series of programmes to reduce health inequalities through employment and skills. Jon is working with Integrated Care Boards, National and Local government, Industry and the Community and voluntary sector.
Jon was Associate Head at the International School for Communities, Rights and Inclusion (University of Central Lancashire) where he managed a wide range of research projects, learning and teaching programmes and commercial consultancies at regional, national and international levels.
