24 November 2026 | Hilton London Metropole
Kelly McGovern
Chief Nurse & Director of Infection Prevention & Control
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Kelly McGovern, Chief Nurse
Kelly McGovern joined West Herts as chief nurse in July 2023. Previously, Kelly was deputy chief nurse and director of nursing of Broomfield site for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust – one of the largest acute trusts in the country with 15,000 staff.
In addition to her trust-wide role, Kelly was the director of nursing for Broomfield Hospital and also urgent and emergency care clinical director.
A local resident, Kelly qualified as a nurse in 2005 and has gained a breadth of clinical leadership experience and held professional nurse leadership positions as well as more operational roles. She has worked at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, East and North Herts NHS Trust and latterly for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.