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Ruw is a consultant in geriatric and general medicine. She is University Hospitals of Leicester's (UHL) director of health equality and inclusion and is accountable for the trust’s approach to understanding and addressing health inequalities within the local population. This includes improving access to elective and non-elective care, ensuring that restoration of services is inclusive and equitable.

Dr Helena Clements is a paediatrician, associate medical director and climate action clinical lead at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust. Helena has lived sustainably in an eco-house for over 20 years, and in the last 5 years, she has been driving climate action in her professional life. She has had the support of the Trust Board and Execs at SFH to take Climate action forward particularly from a clinical perspective. The climate action team at SFH were finalists in the HSJ Sustainability category in 2021. In the  last 18 months Helena has been chairing the clinical advisory group for  the Nottinghamshire Greener ICS Board. She is collaborating with the Midlands clinical senate and the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health (RCPCH)  to raise the climate agenda and pivotal role of clinicians in achieving Net Zero NHS by 2040.