Rafiah is the Chief Digital Ethics and Assurance Officer at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation trust which supports individuals with mental health and/or learning needs. This is the first role of its kind in the NHS and has the remit of ensuring best practice in health and care by ensuring digital safety, privacy, security and accessibility. Through consideration of both legislative and moral duty, Rafiah is responsible for assuring that we have the highest quality of digital and data solutions for NHS staff and service users.

In addition to her NHS role, Rafiah is clinical doctoral fellows funded by the National Institute of Health Research who invest in innovative projects led by NHS clinicians. As an NIHR fellow, Rafiah utilises almost two decades of knowledge and experience as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to co-design evidence-based digital therapies. The fellowship involves collaboration between St George’s University Hospital Foundation Trust and City, University of London.