Member of Parliament for Tooting, United Kingdom
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan is a British Member of Parliament, an NHS Emergency Medicine doctor, a leader in Global Health and Emergency Humanitarian Assistance, and international speaker.
In her role as a humanitarian doctor for over 15 years, Rosena has worked in some of the world’s most challenging environments and conflicts, with some of the leading NGOs including the Red Cross/ Red Crescent. She has worked with the Rohingya refugees on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh, documenting evidence of human rights violations. In Lebanon, she wrote the quality improvement plan for all five Palestinian refugee camp hospitals, serving over half a million Palestinians. Recently, Rosena travelled to Ukraine in the early days of the Russian invasion to provide training on mass casualty triage to Ukrainian medics.
Aside from Ukraine, Rosena has also worked in Palestine, Pakistan, East Timor and Kenya on projects ranging from vaccination programs to emergency humanitarian assistance. Her global work has led to her being a leading voice in the UK Parliament, demanding action to end the war in Gaza, and ensure that food and aid can reach Palestinians at acute risk of famine.
Beyond her humanitarian work, Rosena also has experience in remote community health and pre-hospital care. Working as a doctor for Careflight in Australia in 2012, she used both helicopters and aircrafts to rescue sick and injured patients across Australia.
As an experienced, well respected senior politician Rosena was recently appointed as the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to South Africa and Mauritius by the Prime Minister. In this role she advocates for closer economic ties between the UK and the African nations and works closely with High Commissioners and Government Ministers representing each of the nations.
Furthermore, the Speaker of the House has appointed her to the prestigious Panel of Chairs, where she chairs debates in Parliament and presides over debate in Bill Committees in the House of Commons. Rosena has also been the Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health. In this role, she led on mental health policy for the Labour Party, designing plans to improve access to support for young people, while also bringing down lengthy waits for mental health care across the National Health Service. Prior to this, she was the Shadow Minister for Sport.
Combining her expertise as both a parliamentarian and a doctor, Rosena has launched and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Emergency Medicine, pushing the Government to take strides to improve care in emergency departments. Rosena also works closely on Parliamentary groups on a range of matters, including patient safety, birth trauma and Europe.
