Medical Doctor and Founder of Generation MedicsGeneration Medics
Dr Hinnah Rafique is the Founder and Director of Generation Medics, a multi-award winning social enterprise based in the UK that inspires and empowers the next generation of health professionals.
Her aim is to ensure that every child, no matter the circumstances they were born into, is able to achieve their potential. Generation Medics (formerly Help Me, I’m a Medic) is now the largest social enterprise community run by medics for medics in the UK.
In 2016 Hinnah was awarded ‘Highly Commended Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Santander UK, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Universities UK and UnLtd jointly. This honour was bestowed for founding and leading Generation Medics using an ethical and sustainable model; the impact it had created and the disruption it caused the sector.
She was selected to enter an exclusive incubator programme for twelve leading Social Entrepreneurs in the UK. Since then her organisation has continued to grow, gaining exceptional support from within the medical community, with even the NHS Medical Director, Prof Sir Bruce Keogh joining as a volunteer.
Away from Generation Medics, Hinnah holds a medical degree and was chosen to be one of the first NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow’s. She is a recognised leader in Healthcare Innovation, speaking internationally on this topic and many others. She is a lecturer and curriculum developer across a plethora of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including Medicine, Public Policy, Business and Health Innovation at institutions including the University of Oxford.