Andleeb Ahmed

I have been a NHS medic for 30 years and am a GP. My specialist interests are mental health and elderly care. I am a champion for taboo subjects, in particular where we need more engagement and understanding in brown communities e.g. breast screening, testicular and bowel cancer, depression and anxiety, autism and healthy sex etc I am a member of British Islamic Muslim Association and Muslim Doctor Association. I am also a chair of governors of a new free school in London which I have overseen from blueprint to a full school in its 7th year. I am a mother to three boys Allhumdulillah 22, 20 and 17 so have a bit of experience - from terrible twos to teenage angst to Islamic education to university life. My life journey has included dealing with the loss of my parents, being plus size, the taboo of my mixed heritage marriage, postnatal depression, living with inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis, my religious "rehabilitation" and journey. And finally- Sisterhood has been central to me finding my voice. IG: @mumamdmedic