Dr. IdorenyinCharlesItauma
Healing communities.
Changing systems.
Amplifying voices.
Over 23 years as a Clinician. Founder of The Health Gospel CIC. Labour Candidate for East Marsh 2026. A voice for the communities that deserve to be heard.
Born into service.
Built for community.
I was not born into politics. I was born into service. My mother served her community until her frailest days. My father served as a civil servant and political figure back home until retirement. Service is in my blood.
I am Dr Idorenyin Charles Itauma — known as Dr Idee. I am an NHS Urgent Care Clinician and medicolegal expert, active in community service, a public speaker, a political candidate, and a founder. I graduated as a Medical Doctor from Nigeria, later earning a Master's degree in Occupational Medicine from the University of Aberdeen and an NHS Leadership Certification.
With over 23 years across Accident and Emergency, Acute Medicine, Critical Care, and Urgent Care, I have worked in departments across the UK including the Manchester Foundation Trust Senior Emergency Training Programme and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. I am currently an Associate Specialist at Northeast Lincolnshire Community Hospital Trust.
As a Black clinician active in community service, I founded The Health Gospel CIC to challenge the systemic and cultural barriers that prevent minority communities from thriving. I am also proud to stand as the first Black woman in Northeast Lincolnshire to run for a local council seat, as Labour Candidate for East Marsh Ward 2026.
Politics needs what medicine already knows:
treat the root,
not just the symptom.
Medical Doctor
Graduated Nigeria · 23+ years NHS experience across A&E, Acute Medicine, Critical Care
MSc Occupational Medicine
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
NHS Leadership Certification
Specialist training in healthcare leadership and systems
Associate Specialist, Urgent Care
Northeast Lincolnshire Community Hospital Trust
Founder and CEO, The Health Gospel CIC
Addressing health disparities and building community resilience in minority communities
Labour Candidate — East Marsh 2026
First Black woman to stand for local election in Northeast Lincolnshire
Medicolegal Expert
Independent medicolegal practice — doreenmedicalslimited.com
The Health Gospel CIC
Founded to challenge the systemic and cultural barriers that prevent minority and underserved communities from accessing the healthcare and wellbeing they deserve. Not just service providers — storytellers, bridge-builders, and protectors of dignity.
50+
Families resettled into work and community life
1,000+
Attendees at the first-ever Africa Day event in North East Lincolnshire
7+
Years of community health education and advocacy
Health Education and Awareness
Delivering accessible health information to communities who face cultural and language barriers to traditional NHS resources.
Systemic Advocacy
Campaigning for structural changes that address the root causes of health disparity in Black, Asian, and minority communities.
Family and Wellbeing Support
Parenting workshops for immigrant families now in their third year, supporting parents to raise balanced children in the UK.
Voice and Representation
Ensuring minority communities are seen, heard, and represented — from community meetings to political candidacy.
Breaking Barriers
Women's Wellbeing Project
Going to where women are, listening deeply, and building the pathways that make it safe to come forward. Addressing domestic abuse, mental health, and barriers to wellbeing in Black and minority communities across Northeast Lincolnshire.
The Health Gospel CIC
We are the voice that says: you belong, you matter, and together we rise.
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Dr Idee brings the rare combination of clinical authority, lived community experience, and passionate advocacy to every stage. She speaks from the intersection of medicine, identity, leadership, and service.
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Coming Soon
Humanity in a
Busy World
A Doctor's Lesson on Life
Dr Idorenyin Charles Itauma
Humanity in a
Busy World
What does a doctor learn after 23 years of sitting with people at their most vulnerable? That medicine is not just science. It is humanity. It is the pause between the diagnosis and the patient's tears. It is the hand held in a busy A&E corridor.
In this deeply personal book, Dr Idee reflects on two decades at the frontline of healthcare. She writes about the patients who changed her, the systems that challenged her, and the communities that reminded her why she became a doctor in the first place.
Humanity in a Busy World is for anyone who has ever felt unseen by the systems meant to serve them — and for everyone who serves within those systems and needs reminding why it matters.
Be first to know when the book launches.
A New Kind
of Representation.
“Politics needs what medicine already knows: treat the root, not just the symptom.”
Dr Idee is standing as the Labour Party candidate for East Marsh Ward in the 2026 local elections — proud to be the first Black woman to stand for local election in northeast Lincolnshire. Her campaign is built on the belief that the challenges facing East Marsh are not surface problems. They have root causes. And that is where she intends to start.
There are those in our communities who feel that politics has never worked for them. That the system was built by others, for others. Dr Idee understands that feeling — and she also knows this truth: the only way to change a system is to be inside it. She is not asking anyone to trust a party. She is asking them to trust a person who has sat with them, worked alongside them, and refuses to leave them behind.
Health and Wellbeing
Bringing clinical expertise and community health insight directly into local decision-making.
Housing and Community
Supporting families facing the pressures of housing insecurity and deprivation with real, rooted solutions.
Representation and Voice
Ensuring every resident of East Marsh — especially those who have felt overlooked — has a genuine and consistent voice in the decisions that shape their community.
In the News & On Screen
Dr Idee's work and voice featured.
Let's Connect
Whether you are interested in booking Dr Idee for a speaking engagement, exploring a partnership with The Health Gospel CIC, supporting the East Marsh campaign, or simply want to connect — she would love to hear from you.
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General enquiries, media requests, and partnership discussions.
Honoured for Her Work
A record of recognition across healthcare, humanitarian service, and the sciences.
As Featured In
Award Recipient
Goal Getter Award of Excellence
Award for Excellence in the Sciences