Clinical leadership

Thirty years in medicine, eighteen at consultant level

A doctor since 1996 and a consultant in neuroanaesthesia and intensive care since 2008, caring for the sickest patients in the hospital while improving the systems and supporting the people around them.

Leadership impact at the Trust

Current role

Clinical Lead, Neuro Intensive Care

Back in the lead role for the Neuro ITU at Queen's Hospital, running a structured, staged programme that starts from the evidence: activity, outcomes and workforce data assembled before any change is proposed.

Current role

Clinical Lead, Pre Assessment

Leading preoperative assessment for the Trust, so that patients arrive for surgery assessed, optimised and informed. The same evidence-first approach: understand the pathway and its data before changing it.

Workforce & finance

Trust Job Plan Lead · 2022–2024

Co-led a multi-million-pound programme that lifted job-plan compliance from 8% to 80% and introduced team job planning, saving the Trust around £2 million while improving consultant morale. Praised by NHS England as an exemplar of efficiency with engagement.

Critical care capacity

Lead for Consultant Recruitment, Critical Care · 2020–present

Built the consultant team to 30. Reaching 100% establishment sharply cut locum and bank costs and strengthened the Trust's financial position.

Staff & patient wellbeing

Clinical psychologists onto intensive care

Wrote a "business plan on a page", approved by the Trust board, that funded two consultant ITU psychologists, with a marked effect on staff and patient morale and wellbeing.

Service & safety

Clinical Lead, Neuro Intensive Care · 2008–2017 (first term)

Grew the consultant workforce from two to six, led the replacement and modernisation of all ITU ventilators, and introduced new specialist drugs to the formulary.

Also: member of the Clinical Informatics Board (implementing a new trust-wide electronic patient record), the Trauma Governance Committee, and a GMC appraiser. Recognised with seven Trust Clinical Excellence Awards.

Kindness & Leadership: 50 Leading Lights, UK 2025

Named one of fifty UK leaders recognised for a leadership style that balances high empathy with strategic impact.

The Kindness & Leadership 50 Leading Lights programme celebrates leaders across the UK who place kindness at the heart of how they lead. My citation recognised years of consultant-level local and trust leadership: caring for patients in neurointensive care, leading critical care recruitment, mentoring colleagues, and consistently putting patients and staff at the forefront of the work.

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In the words of a colleague

"Kindness is a key characteristic of Sanjay's personality, and he always puts patients and staff at the forefront of his work. As a neuro ITU consultant, Sanjay is a key contributor to the development of the specialty, organising ward rounds and helping both the department and its patients. He consistently contributes to trainee education, supporting their presentations at national conferences, leading to prize-winning outcomes. Sanjay has also worked at Trust level to help improve transparency for all consultants' job plans. His support has been a game-changer for me, and I'm so grateful for his supportive and kind leadership."

Dr Musarat HussainConsultant, ITU & Acute Medicine, BHR Hospitals

Education & qualifications

Developing others: ST3 national recruitment panel for Intensive Care; teaches on the FICM exam-preparation course; co-founded the Trust's Advanced Critical Care Practitioner programme.

Professional memberships

Bringing this to your board or team

If you're looking for a leader who can hold both the human and the strategic, I'd welcome a conversation.

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