Farrah Pradhan

Farrah began her advocacy journey after a traumatic experience, when her son was born three months premature. Navigating the uncertainty and challenges of having a sick baby on a neonatal unit led her to support and advocate for other families.

Farrah has a strong commitment to ensuring that the patient voice and user experience is integral to improving health outcomes and safer services for members of the public. This is evident in her work influencing healthcare organisations to improve and maintain safe, equitable and integrated care for members of the public. She successfully uses her advocacy skills to influence patient and public involvement in developing health policy, research, and clinical guidance.

As her career has progressed, and having been exposed to safety concerns in healthcare, Farrah has broadened her knowledge in patient safety, safety management, and improvement initiatives. She completed a master’s qualification in patient safety at Imperial College London in 2021, with her areas of interest during her studies including the principles of safety (learning from what goes well in healthcare), maternity safety, and resilience engineering.

Farrah has also recently attained the NHS Leadership Academy Award for the Rosalind Franklin Programme in Senior Healthcare Leadership. She currently works as the Head of Maternity Safety at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.