Dr Saira Mian

Dr Mian is a  General Practitioner conducting clinical sessions in a salaried role and as a peripatetic locum in regular practices in both the NHS and private sector in Greater Manchester, working across different primary care networks. She is also a Royal College of Pathology accredited Medical Examiner at Manchester Foundation Trust and Clinical Lead for Urgent Care for Greater Manchester Integrative Care Board in Trafford. This portfolio career has afforded her a broad scope of clinical experience delivering general practice in multiple, diverse settings and provides unique expertise into both the primary and secondary and NHS and private care interface.

Working in both the NHS and private sector has allowed Dr Mian to be involved in developing mechanisms to ensure that the recommendations outlined in The Department of Health guidance entitled Guidance on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care and A Code of Conduct for Private Practice Guidance for NHS Medical Staff is implemented in a way that supports good clinical practice and patient safety is upheld as paramount.

As the local clinical lead for urgent and emergency care for the integrative care board Dr Mian supports urgent and emergency care programmes across Manchester and Trafford and provides clinical, professional advice and critical overview in relation to the development of and delivery of urgent care priorities. As a medical examiner Dr Mian is involved in structured judgement reviews, morbidity and mortality meetings and serious incident investigations and this involves coordinating with the Patient Advice and Liaison Service, registrars, coroners and their officers and bereavement care teams.

Research Aid to Professor John Harris Lord, Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Director, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, School of Law, during funded intercalated masters.

Consultancy for clinical innovation: involved in the creation of a new dermatology connected care pathway to offer clinical prioritization of the dermatology non admitted (outpatient) waiting list and reviewing the current dermatology service to identify where teledermatology fits in linking that to a review of low priority frameworks and referral guidance.

Research Aid to Professor John Harris Lord, Alliance Professor of Bioethics and Director, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, School of Law, during funded intercalated masters. Consultancy for clinical innovation: involved in the creation of a new dermatology connected care pathway to offer clinical prioritisation of the dermatology non admitted (outpatient) waiting list and reviewing the current dermatology service to identify where teledermatology fits in linking that to a review of low priority frameworks and referral guidance.

Dr Mian remains an active member of the British Medical Association Trafford Division having served as secretary 2019-2020 and is completing NIHR Research Delivery Training with Manchester Foundation Trust.