Dr Jon Keene

Dr Jon Keene is a Consultant Paediatrician and expert witness at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, where he also serves as Deputy Medical Director. He specialises in general paediatrics with particular expertise in paediatric gastroenterology, neonatal care, paediatric emergency medicine, child safeguarding, child protection and the assessment and management of children in outpatient settings.

Dr Keene provides comprehensive care for infants, children and young people across a broad spectrum of acute and chronic paediatric conditions. His clinical practice encompasses general paediatric outpatient services, the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disorders, neonatal and newborn care, respiratory conditions including asthma, allergy assessment, and the evaluation of children presenting with acute illness. He also has significant experience in safeguarding and child protection, supporting the assessment of vulnerable children and ensuring safe, evidence-based clinical decision-making.

Alongside his clinical responsibilities, he plays a senior leadership role within his Trust, helping to shape healthcare strategy, improve patient safety and drive high-quality service delivery. This combination of extensive frontline paediatric practice and executive clinical leadership provides him with a broad understanding of modern paediatric care, clinical governance and quality improvement. His patient-centred approach, together with his experience managing complex paediatric presentations across both emergency and outpatient settings, has established him as a respected consultant with expertise spanning the full range of general paediatric practice. 

Dr Jon Keene has undertaken medico-legal practice since 2025, providing independent expert opinion in clinical negligence, personal injury and professional regulatory (fitness to practise) matters. His medico-legal work is centred on paediatric practice, drawing upon his expertise in general paediatrics, paediatric gastroenterology, neonatal care, paediatric emergency medicine, respiratory medicine, allergy, and child safeguarding. He prepares screening, breach of duty, causation and condition and prognosis reports, delivering clear, balanced and evidence-based opinions on the diagnosis, assessment and management of children and young people. His combination of broad clinical experience and senior leadership within the NHS enables him to provide well-reasoned opinions that assist solicitors in understanding complex paediatric issues and the standard of care provided. 

Dr Keene’s clinical practice focuses on the assessment, investigation and management of infants, children and adolescents presenting with a wide range of acute and chronic paediatric conditions. A significant proportion of his work is dedicated to general paediatric outpatient care, where he diagnoses and manages gastrointestinal disorders alongside common childhood illnesses, respiratory conditions including asthma, allergies, and developmental and neonatal health concerns. He also provides level 2 neonatal and newborn care, supporting the ongoing management of babies requiring specialist paediatric input.

He has extensive experience in paediatric emergency medicine, assessing acutely unwell and injured children and making timely diagnostic and treatment decisions across a broad spectrum of presentations. Child safeguarding and child protection form an important part of his current practice, with expertise in recognising, assessing and managing concerns relating to vulnerable children in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. His day-to-day clinical work combines acute assessment with longer-term outpatient management, ensuring continuity of care for children with both routine and complex healthcare needs. This broad clinical scope, together with his focus on patient safety and quality of care, enables him to deliver comprehensive, evidence-based paediatric care across a wide range of clinical settings. 

Dr Keene has contributed to paediatric research through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations, with work focusing on child health inequalities, looked after children, paediatric education and clinical litigation. His published research and academic contributions demonstrate an ongoing commitment to improving paediatric practice, patient outcomes and healthcare quality through evidence-based evaluation and service development.