Chief Quality Officer, East London Foundation Trust; England

Dr Amar Shah is Consultant forensic psychiatrist & Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT). He leads at Board level at ELFT on quality, performance, strategy, planning and analytics.

He is the national improvement lead for the mental health safety improvement programme in England, the QI lead and chair of QI faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

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 30 peer-review articles in the field of quality management.