About us
Mildmay is a charitable hospital that has been at the forefront of specialist HIV care and service provision since 1988.
Mildmay began as a charitable Christian institution over 160 years ago. It has specialised in the care and rehabilitation of people with complex HIV-related conditions for nearly 40 years and delivers quality care and treatment, prevention work, rehabilitation, training, education and health strengthening in the UK and East Africa.
In 2020, Mildmay started a ground-breaking new service providing step-down, rehabilitative healthcare for people who are homeless or rough-sleeping and recuperating from illness or injury.
We have subsequently introduced the REBUILD Pathway, which provides inpatient post-detoxification and recovery-focused care for people who are homeless and/or rough-sleeping, and the Neuro 2B Pathway, a specialist neurorehabilitation service for all people after their immediate medical and surgical needs have been met.
The Mildmay line has been named in recognition of Mildmay Hospital's pioneering care for people with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and 90s, the LGBTQ+ community today, and the people of East London for over 160 years.
Mildmay Hospital is part-funded by the NHS, which contracts us to provide our specialist services.
This means we are part of the wider NHS network, allowing us to align our identity with the trusted NHS brand.
As a charity, we rely on donations and fundraising to supplement our NHS funding, which only covers about 90% of our costs.
The charitable support of the British public is essential in enabling us to provide quality care to people living with HIV/AIDS and homelessness and to ensure that we can continue offering these vital services to all those who need them.
Meet our teams
Executive Team
Multidisciplinary Team
Nursing Team
Estates & Facilities Team
Chief Executive Officer
Geoff Coleman MIHM DMS MA MBA
*Geoff joined Mildmay as CEO in June 2018. He has a wealth of experience of leadership both within the health service and the charity sector. For the past ten years, he has headed two charities as CEO, at Crossroads Care South Central a social care charity focused on supporting carers and prior to that leading Options for Life in the West Midlands, a charity supporting adults with learning disabilities.
He spent twenty years working within the NHS, most recently as an NHS Director at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, where he was responsible for a wide range of clinical services. He was also Director of Informatics for all NHS services across Oxfordshire.
Geoff is married with five children (three girls and two boys) and both he and his wife play an active part in their local community church in Chipping Norton. His interests are mountain climbing (he has completed the Three-Peaks-Challenge on many occasions), and sailing.
President
The Rt Hon. the Lord Smith of Finsbury
Lord Chris Smith became Mildmay’s President in 2024, bringing with him decades of experience in public service, politics, and cultural leadership.
Educated at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and Pembroke College, Cambridge, Lord Smith excelled in English, later completing a PhD on Wordsworth and Coleridge. He served as a Labour Councillor and was elected as MP for Islington South and Finsbury in 1983.
In 1984, Lord Smith became the first openly gay MP in Britain, a courageous step that paved the way for greater LGBTQIA+ representation in public life. Throughout his career, he has championed issues such as environmental protection, cultural development, and health. Appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport in 1997, he oversaw landmark cultural projects in the UK.
In 2005, Lord Smith was made a life peer and has since held numerous leadership roles in the cultural and environmental sectors. He has been an outspoken advocate for HIV awareness, publicly revealing his HIV-positive status in 2005 after living with the diagnosis for nearly two decades.
We are honoured to have Lord Smith as our President, and we look forward to his leadership as we continue our mission of supporting vulnerable communities.
Mildmay is No Place For Hate
Mildmay has signed up to the Tower Hamlets No Place For Hate Campaign, which aims to send clear and consistent messages that hate will not be tolerated in our borough.