The professor is, in fact, a 61-year-old former academic with a background in children and young people's health. He was the man behind the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services, which was published last year. He is also the national clinical director for children at the Department of Health, and Nuffield professor of child health at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
He starts his new role on a part-time basis immediately, but in a little under three months he will devote himself full time to the 100,000-a-year post of children's commissioner.
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