Dame Denise Platt DBE FRSA (born 21 February 1945) is a British civil servant.

She is the Chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection.

Prior to this appointment in 2004, she was Chief Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate, and, later, Director for Children, Older People and Social Care Services at the Department of Health of the United Kingdom.

Her first job on qualifying was as a Medical Social Worker at the Middlesex Hospital in London.

[1][2] She is also an honorary fellow of the Centre for Citizen Participation at Brunel University, an honorary council member of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), a member of the National Executive Council of the Family Planning Association, a Governor of the University of Bedfordshire, Chair of the National AIDS Trust, a member of the Independent Review Board of the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Services and a Trustee of NSPCC.