Baroness Geeta Nargund
Baroness Nargund is the founder of the Health Equality Foundation. She previosuly served as the medical director of CREATE Fertility and abc IVF, and she is an Honorary Professor of Women's Health at City St George’s, University of London. She has served the NHS for more than three decades and was a senior consultant gynaecologist and lead consultant for reproductive medicine services at St George's Hospital NHS Trust for nearly thirty yeaars.
Geeta has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals on the role of advanced ultrasound technology in reproductive medicine and Natural and Mild IVF. She is a pioneer in the field of mild approaches in IVF aimed at making IVF safer, affordable, woman-friendly and accessible globally. She cares deeply about improving access and outcomes in healthcare.
She is the co-founder of the Ginsburg Women’s Health board, Co-founder and President of ISMAAR (International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction). Geeta has campaigned tirelessly for women’s health rights in pursuit of closing the gender health gap.
Baroness Nargund is extensively involved in charity work as medical advisor to CHANA, a Jewish charity, as a director of the Walking Egg Foundation, Belgium, and previously as the Vice Chair of the British Red Cross till January 2026,
She has served on several expert advisory committees including the WHO, NHS England and national and international scientific Boards.
Geeta was the first to launch fertility education initiative in London secondary school in 2016 after lobbying the Department of Education and consultation with headteachers and local governments and the department of education.
In December 2025, Geeta was nominated for a life peerage in the House of Lords. She took my seat in the House in January 2026 as Baroness Nargund of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
"Professor Geeta Nargund is a women's health expert, academic, founder, diversity champion and a campaigner for gender equality. She has held senior leadership positions across public, private and voluntary sectors. She has served as a Senior Consultant Gynaecologist and Lead Consultant in Reproductive Medicine at St George’s Hospital NHS Trust since 1996. She is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth, Vice Chair of British Red Cross and Authority Member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Chair of The Pipeline, a gender parity consultancy and sits on the International Advisory Board of The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health. She is the Founder of Create Fertility and served as its Medical Director until July 2025. She is the Founder and Trustee of Health Equality Foundation (formerly known as Create Health Foundation). She has dedicated her career to tackling wider health inequalities and improving access to reproductive choices and care globally." Prime Minister’s Office, Political Peerages December 2025 – Citations (10 Downing Street, 10 December 2025).