Sandesh Gulhane | |
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Scottish Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care | |
Assumed office 16 September 2021 | |
Leader | Douglas Ross |
Preceded by | Annie Wells |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | London, England | 22 January 1982
Political party | Scottish Conservatives |
Alma mater | Imperial College London |
Profession | General practitioner |
Sandesh Prakash Gulhane (born 22 January 1982) is a British doctor and Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since May 2021. [1] He is the Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. Gulhane is the first Hindu and first man of Indian descent to be elected to the Scottish Parliament. [2] [3]
Gulhane was born and educated in London, England; he has two children. [4] His parents, Prakesh and Pushpa Gulhane, were from Amravati in Maharashtra, India. [5] [1]
He studied at Imperial College London, having been a doctor since 2006. [6] He operated as a general practitioner in Glasgow, [7] having previously worked as an orthopaedic registrar in hospitals in the city and East Kilbride, after moving to Scotland around 2011. [8] Before then, he was based in Birmingham and Newcastle upon Tyne. [4] He was Club Doctor as part of the medical staff of SPFL football club Queens Park F.C. from 2017 until August 2021. [9] Gulhane continues to work one day per week as a GP. [10]
Gulhane stood as the Conservative candidate for the Glasgow Pollok constituency [4] and Glasgow regional list at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, and was elected for the Glasgow region. [11] [12]
On 16 September 2021, Gulhane was appointed as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, following the resignation of Annie Wells from the role. [13]
In August 2023, he announced his candidacy to be the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate in East Renfrewshire at the 2024 general election. [14]
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