Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust
Prof Amar Shah is Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), and a consultant forensic psychiatrist. He leads at executive and Board level at ELFT on quality, performance, strategy, planning and business intelligence. Amar has led the quality approach at ELFT for over a decade.
He is also the first National Clinical Director for Improvement at NHS England, leading the application of improvement across England’s health and care system.
Amar is the national improvement lead for mental health at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, leading a number of large-scale improvement collaboratives on the topics of suicide prevention, restrictive practice and sexual safety. Amar is also chair of the quality improvement faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Amar is an improvement advisor and faculty member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, teaching and guiding improvers and healthcare systems across the world. He is honorary professor at the University of York and honorary visiting professor at City University, London.
Amar has completed an executive MBA in healthcare management, a masters in mental health law and a postgraduate certificate in medical education. Amar is a regular national and international keynote speaker at healthcare improvement conferences and has published over 50 peer-review articles in the field of quality management.
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