Shanthi Shanmugalingam is a neonatal consultant with a passion for improving maternal and neonatal care.

She joined the Starlight neonatal team at Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in 2014.

Shanthi is the neonatal representative for the Royal Free Maternity and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative team implementing cross-site maternity huddles. She has been involved in several successful quality improvement initiatives including the East of England Neuroprotection project and the Royal Free Keeping Mothers and Babies Together clinical pathway (@MumBaby2gether).

She lives in North London with her husband and two children and believes that the best thing about 2008 was the return of Cadbury’s Wispa bar.