Kenga Sivarajah

Who Kenga Sivarajah is

Ms Kenga Sivarajah is a Consultant Obstetrician at King's College Hospital (KCH), where she serves as Labour Ward Lead, Lead Obstetrician for Perinatal Mental Health, and Clinical Lead for Cardiology, Respiratory and Liver Disorders in Pregnancy. She graduated from Imperial College London in 2008 and completed academic foundation training in Oxford before specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in North East Thames in 2010, becoming a consultant at KCH in 2018. She holds dual membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG) and the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education. She pioneered a joint obstetric-psychiatry service at KCH in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Trust for women with severe mental health conditions, a model nationally recognised with a Royal College of Midwives award. She is also a PSIRF panel member for maternity risk incidents at KCH, an expert witness in obstetric legal cases, and teaches at University College London.

References for this biography

1. 1.Ms Kenga Sivarajah | King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust — Current roles, career history, King's Star award, PSIRF panel membership, and intrapartum care lead position
2. 2.Dr Kenga Sivarajah | Consultant in Obstetrics & Maternal Medicine – Central Health London — Royal College of Midwives award for obstetric-psychiatry service, MRCOG examiner role, UCL teaching, and dual MRCOG/MRCP membership
3. 3.Listening to Mothers in the Postpartum Window with Kenga Sivarajah – Center for Sacred Window Studies — Confirmation that joint obstetric-psychiatry service with South London and Maudsley NHS Trust received a Royal College of Midwives award
4. 4.Ms Kenga Sivarajah: Obstetrics & Gynaecology in East London | Top Doctors — Career timeline, published research (Obstetric Medicine journal), and King's Star award detail
5. 5.Your Expert Witness – Miss Kenga Sivarajah — Expert witness role in obstetric legal cases and establishment of joint Obstetric/Psychiatry service at King's
6. 6.King's College Hospital – Care Quality Commission — King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust head office postcode SE5 9RS and main telephone number

Notable achievements

• Pioneered a joint obstetric-psychiatry service at KCH with South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, recognised with a Royal College of Midwives award Source ↗
• Awarded the King's Star award for her work on complex cases involving women lacking decision-making capacity Source ↗
• Serves as an official MRCOG examiner and teaches at University College London (UCL) Source ↗
• Published in peer-reviewed journals including Obstetric Medicine and the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Source ↗

What Kenga Sivarajah has said

• “some of the information it provides women is 'dangerous and harmful … so for the NHS to direct people towards that is very shocking'”

  lead obstetrician at King's College hospital, London · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · NHS directed pregnant women to controversial Free Birth Society via charity ↗

Where Kenga Sivarajah has been quoted

1. ‘Ignorant and life-threatening’: experts condemn Free Birth Society misinformationtheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
2. NHS directed pregnant women to controversial Free Birth Society via charitytheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

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• 'Being able to stay in hospital with our son meant everything'BBC
• New funding targets Kentucky’s maternal mortality rateSpectrum News
• Harris County Is the Worst Place in the US to Give Birth as a Black Woman. One Artist Is Doing Something About It.Houstonia Magazine

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.kch.nhs.uk/services/consultants-a-to-z/ms-kenga-sivarajah/
• Press office phone020 3299 9000published here ↗

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