Tuberculosis - RNOH/GIRFT review: national report

Annex B: Biography: Dr Martin Allen, Clinical Lead

Dr Allen GIRFT Respiratory Clinical Lead, Consultant physician at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, and NHS National Specialty Adviser for physiological science.

Martin is the clinical lead for the NHS England RNOH/GIRFT Tuberculosis review as well as for the Scotland TB review.

Martin trained at Birmingham University and undertook a variety of posts in the midlands before moving to Edinburgh, and then to Yorkshire as a senior registrar. After being appointed as a consultant in Bradford he moved after 3 years to University Hospital of North Midlands where he has developed and led a variety of services in the last 25 years. During this time, he served as clinical director of cardiorespiratory services and head of the medical division. After demitting this management role, he served as the secondary care consultant on a CCG and as honorary secretary for the British Thoracic Society.

His main research has been in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and sleep, but he also has a major interest in respiratory physiology, currently chairing the joint British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Association for Respiratory, Technology and Physiology (ARTP) board.

He chairs the Respiratory Expert Working Group on coding for NHS Digital and sits on the Royal College of Physicians’ commissioning group.

In June 2021, he was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours list, for services to the NHS, particularly during COVID-19.