Kamini Gadhok

Kamini Gadhok MRCSLT MBE is a speech and language therapist, specialising in bilingualism and, since 2000, has served as the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.[1]

Kamini Gadhok

MRCSLT MBE
Occupation
  • Chief Executive
Academic work
Institutions
  • Nottinghamshire Community Health NHS Trust
  • Department of Health
  • Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Career

Gadhok worked as a speech and language therapist in Nottingham Community Health NHS Trust as a locality manager and coordinator for the speech and language therapy services. She specialised in bilingualism and led the development of services for people for whom English was an additional language. She established the Asian bilingual co-worker service, the first of its kind in the country. In 1997, Kamini became ethnic health projects coordinator for the NHS and was seconded to the Department of Health to set up the Race Equality Unit, where she was section head until 2000.

Gadhok was awarded an Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 Birthday Honours for services to the allied health professions.[2]

In her role as the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Gadhok had advocated the prioritisation of children’s language services by the UK government as a result of the findings of a 10-year impact assessment of the Bercow Report.[3]

References
  1. "RCSLT: Biographies". Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. "Birthday Honours 2009". UK Government Cabinet Office. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. Packham, A. (20 March 2018). "Children With Speech And Language Needs Not Getting Right Help, Report Warns". Huff Post. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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