Dr Yasmin Drabu

MB ChB DCH FRCPath FRCP

Yasmin Drabu was elected to the Council as a non-executive director of MPS in June 2009. She was appointed as a Consultant Microbiologist in the Health Service in 1982.

In 2000, she became Medical Director at North Middlesex University Hospital. Her experience at NMUH was extensive and challenging with wide-ranging responsibilities including working as Acting Chief Executive. 

In March 2006 she moved to Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust (BHRUT) as a full time Medical Director and in Februray 2010 she was seconded to the Blood Policy and Infectious Diseases Division in the Department of Health.

Yasmin has over 35 years experience in the NHS. She has been the Executive Lead for Clinical Governance in both NMUH and BHRUT. She has implemented major programmes of developing clinicians as leaders in both the Trusts. In 2009, BHRUT was voted the top NHS Trust for Innovation in London.

In 2004 Yasmin was awarded the Asian Professional Woman of the Year; in 2007 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians. She is currently a Mentor for Mosaic and Tower Hamlet College.