Bola Owolabi

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Idayat Bolanle Owolabi, [1] known as Bola Owolabi, is a Nigerian-born British medical doctor. [2] [3] [4] [5] She works as a general practitioner in Derbyshire. [6]

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Early life and education

Owolabi was born in Nigeria, and was inspired to study medicine after a stay in hospital with chickenpox at the age of nine, where she found the female doctor to be "the loveliest kindest human being". [2]

Career

She was appointed as chief inspector of primary and community services for the Care Quality Commission in 2025, [7] [8] and has served as director of health inequalities at the National Health Service. [9] She was at the forefront of the Core20PLUS5 framework which focused on narrowing healthcare inequalities in the most deprived and underserved groups in society. She is an Honorary Professor at Birmingham University and Vice President of the Royal Society for Public Health. [10]

Awards and recognition

She was appointed C.B.E. in the 2025 Birthday Honours, "For services to Reducing Health Inequalities." [1] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "No. 64759". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2025. p. B10. Professor Idayat Bolanle OWOLABI, Director for Health Inequalities, NHS England and General Practitioner, Creswell and Langwith Centres. For services to Reducing Health Inequalities.
  2. 1 2 "GP Lives: All things being equal". www.rcgp.org.uk. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Prof Bola Owolabi". The Health Foundation. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bola Owolabi: A mission to close the health gap". New Local. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Professor Bola Owolabi". NHS England. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Doctors". Creswell and Langwith Medical Centre. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "CQC appoints Prof Bola Owolabi as Chief Inspector of Primary and Community Services". www.cqc.org.uk. Care Quality Commission. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Professor Bola Owolabi". www.cqc.org.uk. Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Rampes, Sanketh; Mukhammadaminov, Anvarjon (31 May 2024). "Dr Bola Owolabi, GP & Director of Health Inequalities at NHS England and Improvement". BMJ Careers. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Hammond, Julie (October 2025). "Making a Big Difference". The Voice . p. 16.
  11. ↑ Colivicchi, Anna (17 June 2025). "CQC primary care inspector awarded high honour by King". Pulse Today. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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