Director of Population Health named in New Year Honours
Many congratulations to Dr Dominique Allwood, who has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours List for services to the NHS.
The honour recognises Dominique’s contribution to the NHS over more than 20 years as a clinician and consultant in public health medicine, spanning senior clinical leadership, management and advisory roles.
Since 2017, Dominique has been a senior clinical leader at Imperial College Healthcare, working across quality improvement, population health, staff wellbeing and equity. In February 2025 she also became Chief Executive of Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP).
First appointed as a consultant in public health medicine, Dominique went on to become Associate Medical Director at the Trust with responsibility for quality improvement. She helped to establish a trust-wide, award-winning improvement programme, building improvement capability at scale and supporting hundreds of NHS staff to use improvement methods to enhance care, safety and outcomes for patients. She also helped shape and strengthen the Trust’s approach to patient and public engagement, embedding co-production and lived experience into service design and strategic decision making at the Trust.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dominique played a pivotal role within the Trust. She established a staff health and wellbeing service to support the workforce during unprecedented pressure and led the development of a clinical decision support service for critically ill patients. She also served as Medical Director at NHS Nightingale Hospital London where she helped establish a learning system for the temporary hospital.
Subsequently appointed Director of Population Health at the Trust in 2022, Dominique has created a dedicated population health team and framework for the Trust. She established a health improvement function which has led to demonstrable impact on smoking cessation, improved access to services and health outcomes for patients with high need, while embedding a clear organisational focus on health equity. She has helped the Trust strengthen partnerships across the system and its role as an anchor institution.
Across these roles, Dominique has combined clinical expertise with strategic leadership, ensuring meaningful impact across improvement population health and equity-focused NHS leadership.
On receiving the award, Dominique said: “It is a huge honour to be recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list. Improving health and tackling inequalities is very much a team effort and this recognition reflects many years of serving alongside colleagues across the NHS and wider partners. I am continually inspired by the patients and communities we serve, and deeply grateful to work with colleagues whose commitment and kindness make this work possible.”
Professor Tim Orchard, chief executive at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, said: “I am really pleased to see Dominique’s dedication to improving health and tackling inequalities recognised in the New Year Honour list. We are very proud of her many achievements and the difference she has made to patients, staff and communities in north west London over many years. On behalf of our whole organisation, congratulations, Dominique.”
Huge congratulations to Professor Neil Poulter, honorary consultant physician and epidemiologist at the Trust and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine from Imperial College London, who has been awarded an MBE for services to hypertension prevention. Professor Poulter is also founding director of the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit.
