Amar Shah

Consultant forensic psychiatrist & Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust

---

Amar Shah, MD, is a Consultant forensic psychiatrist and Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT). He leads at executive and Board level on quality at ELFT, including quality improvement, quality assurance, quality control and quality planning. He is the lead for quality improvement (QI) at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the national QI lead for the mental health safety improvement program run jointly by NHS Improvement and CQC. He is an improvement advisor and faculty member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, teaching and guiding improvers and healthcare systems across the world. He 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 more than 20 peer-review articles in the fields of forensic psychiatry and quality management.