I am honoured to have been elected to the team of staff governors.

I have always believed that teamwork is more powerful than individual effort in being a driving force for positive change. It has always been an aspiration of mine to help others having been inspired myself by my mother, after losing my father at a very young age.

I was brought up in a well educated family from Pakistan. Since coming to the UK I have been actively involved in charitable work and social activism on a grassroots level.

I have a wealth of experience in both medicine and team management, and shall use the skills I have harnessed to make improvements within the trust. My aim is to focus on bringing about better working and social environments that will improve staff and patient experiences

My journey started in 2004 as a mental health nurse at a specialist Personality Disorder Unit for females in Greenwich. In 2007, I moved to a new Low Secure Unit and then on to the Medium Secure Unit in Dartford in 2009. I was passionate about working with this patient group and wanted to do more to make their outcomes positive.  In 2013, I started managing a Rehab ward and enjoyed my experience there.

I moved to prison services in 2016, where I gained so much knowledge about nursing in Health and Justice. I had the opportunity to work collaboratively with partner agencies and to support and mentor staff working in a hostile but rewarding environment.  In 2020, I moved to Surrey Prisons and worked at HMP Highdown as a Mental Health Service Manager, where I helped shape the services to meet the changing needs of patients.

In 2022, I took up my current role as Head of Healthcare at HMP Downview, a female prison in Surrey. I enjoy what I do and recommend anyone who wants to be challenged to come and work in Health and Justice. I have worked with great people, great mentors, excellent leaders and people who truly want patients to be at the heart of what we do.

I am social worker and fellow associate lecturer with a vast experience in the public and private healthcare sector and social work education. From 2007 I worked for Hampshire County Council as a Safeguarding, Quality and Governance Consultant. Since September 2011, I have been working as an associate lecturer and practice educator at The Solent University and The University of Winchester.

Since April 2022 I have undertaken the role of a Named Professional for Adult Safeguarding and MCA in Jameson Division of CNWLN. I have been working for many years in partnership with Adults, Children, Education, Fire and Police Services, Safeguarding Boards, ICS/ICB, local NHS trusts, as well as with charities and service users in implementing strategies and quality assurance to improve safeguarding outcomes.