Maggie Throup OBE

Maggie Throup OBE is a businesswoman with a wide range of experience in the NHS, the private sector, her own business and latterly the Member of Parliament for Erewash. With a passion for health, Maggie applied her knowledge and expertise to her role as Minister for Vaccines and Public Health, effectively ensuring the impactful rollout of the Vaccines programme during the Omicron phase of the pandemic. Maggie was awarded an OBE for this work. She was also instrumental in introducing opt-out testing for HIV which, without doubt, has resulted in lives being saved.