Mrs Nasaim Khan
Clinical Lead Equality, Ethnicity and Genetics, Maternity and Neonatal Programme, NHS England
Speaker's biography
Mrs Nasiam Khan is a Registered Genetic Counsellor, Registered Nurse and Health Visitor with over 30 years’ experience of working in the NHS. She has worked to improve equity and access to genomic services for consanguineous families since 2005, securing a national clinical leadership role at NHS England in 2021 to implement culturally competent genetics services for consanguineous couples, based on a model she co-developed developed (BMJ Open 2019).
In her national role she directs the national strategy, provides training to healthcare professionals including midwives, doctors and genomic associates. She support areas of high need to implement local strategies to ensure access to culturally competent care. She lead work with national bodies, such as the National Child Mortality Database and NHS Digital.
She ensures that the views of those from ethnic minority groups are heard, often asking the difficult questions to change the system. Her aim is to improve services for groups experiencing health inequalities.
