Miss Kenga Sivarajah

Ms Kenga Sivarajah is an Expert Obstetrician based in London.

She completed her undergraduate medical degree at Imperial College London in 2008, then embarked on academic foundation training in Oxford and completed an academic block at BoehringerIngelheim. In October 2010 she undertook speciality training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in North East Thames. Competing ATSMs in Obstetric Medicine, Advanced Antenatal Practice and Advanced Labour Ward. She has attained MRCP and has trained in maternal medicine at tertiary level.

Currently a Consultant Obstetrician at King’s College Hospital (KCH) and gained by completion of training in 2018. Ms Sivarajah is the Labour ward lead at KCH, lead for Perinatal Mental health and runs the Cardiology, Respiratory and Liver pregnancy service.

Ms Sivarajah has an excellent knowledge of Obstetrics, with special interest in women with pregnant women with medical complications and the complex journey that they often face before, during and after their pregnancy.

With a wealth of experience in caring for these women at both tertiary and district general hospital level. In her experience, thorough counselling and planning prior to pregnancy remains an essential component of maternal medicine care. As the lead Obstetrician for Perinatal Mental Health at King’s, she has established a joint Obstetric/Psychiatry service for women with severe mental health conditions, with the help of perinatal nurses, case-loading midwives and a perinatal psychiatrist. Ms Sivarajah has provides pre-conceptual and antenatal care in an MDT setting, with joint decision making on complex cases.

Ms Sivarajah is on the PSIRF panel for risk incidents in maternity at KCH She has extensive experience of root cause analysis of patient safety incident in the maternity unit as well as preparing serious untoward incident reports.

Ms Sivarajah has worked with TMELP since September 2021. She assists in obstetric legal cases by providing by expert Obstetric opinion and has provided her expertise on over 250 cases.She has completed the Capsticks diploma in risk and claims management with distinction.

Ms Sivarajah is very familiar with the legal framework applicable for women who lack capacity to make decisions regarding their antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. She has led and assisted on 10 such cases; one of which was extremely complex and a landmark case in the Court of Protection. Subsequently awarded a King's Star award for her work. She is an expert in co-ordinating care of these women via an extensive MDT, making best interest decisions and submitting detailed care plans to the Court of Protection. In her current role, she works closely with the safeguarding team ensuring that care for the unborn child and existing children is also maintained. She is currently part of a working group to formulate a framework for assessing mental capacity in patients.

APIL - legal training for expert witnesses course 2021 MOMS Nov 2023 Maternal cardiology conference Nov 2023 BMFMS Nov 2022 Capsticks risk management diploma completed in June 2022

Membership to the Royal College of Physicians Medical Defence Union Membership to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Membership to the MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society Membership to the UK maternal Cardiology Society