Kanwal Munir

Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (Urgent Care) & Clinical Advisor to Strategy & Transformation

London Ambulance Service

Kanwal joined LAS in 2018 after qualifying as a Paramedic. She obtained a secondment in 2021 within the Operational Placement Centre, mentoring new starters. During her time there, she developed and refined a new assessment and guidance model to standardise the way in which mentees were assessed against competencies, a model which is now adopted across the Trust.

She progressed to an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner in Urgent Care in 2022. Becoming the first Pakistani Muslim woman and the youngest APP in the Trust. Over the past year, she has been splitting her time between her APP role and her secondment to Clinical Advisor to the Strategy and Transformation team, working on LAS’s Health Inequalities action plan. Her passion for health inequalities and promoting equitable care has seen her become one of the Core20 Plus Ambassadors this year. Additionally, Kanwal is the Chair of LAS Muslim Staff Network, which she set up in 2024.

Kanwal has been pivotal in creating an inclusive, supportive environment for Muslims at LAS, by developing understanding, respect and community among our colleagues, communities and patients we serve. Kanwal has been an important component to the interfaith forum at LAS, creating interfaith cohesion working closely with the Jewish and Christian Networks.