UK Forum

Advancing equity
in diabetes care
for Black populations

Wednesday 26 November 2025 | Coin Street Conference Centre, London

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Disclaimer: The 2025 UK Forum is sponsored by Abbott, Insulet, Eli Lilly and Company, and Novo Nordisk who have had no input into the topics discussed or the selection of speakers.

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Wendy Olayiwola

National Maternity Lead for Equality

Last update: 6 November 2025

Wendy Olayiwola
National Maternity Lead for Equality
NHS England

About

Wendy is a registered nurse and practising midwife with more than two and a half decades of clinical practice and leadership in the community, acute and public health. Wendy has held various leadership, senior operational, specialist positions and project management roles in maternity. She was appointed to her current role as the National Maternity Lead for Equality at NHS England in February 2021. 

Wendy is a member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Advanced Practice Steering Group.  Research Advisory Group and Midwifery Panel. She is the national Lead midwife, CNO CMiDO BME Strategic Advisory Group NHS England and a member of the Race Health Observatory (RHO) maternity group. Wendy co-chaired the Government Maternity Disparities Taskforce with the Minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care, Maria Caulfield.

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