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According to the ''Sunday Times'', Manning is a close adviser to the Tory leadership, and in January 2010 hosted a "Cameron Direct" town hall meeting for him. That same month she also published a report that claimed ending free treatment for minor or “lifestyle” illnesses could save £20 billion a year — about a fifth of the annual budget. <ref> Jonathan Oliver,[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6982400.ece Tory adviser Julia Manning wants end to minor treatments on NHS], ''Sunday Times'', 10 January 2010, accessed 14 September 2010.</ref> | According to the ''Sunday Times'', Manning is a close adviser to the Tory leadership, and in January 2010 hosted a "Cameron Direct" town hall meeting for him. That same month she also published a report that claimed ending free treatment for minor or “lifestyle” illnesses could save £20 billion a year — about a fifth of the annual budget. <ref> Jonathan Oliver,[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6982400.ece Tory adviser Julia Manning wants end to minor treatments on NHS], ''Sunday Times'', 10 January 2010, accessed 14 September 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | Manning was a prospective Conservative MP candidate for Gosport in late 2009. "I got involved in politics because I was furious at the way that government was treating our public services." <ref> [http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/VIDEO-Julia-Manning-one-of.5846613.jp Julia Manning, one of Gosport's prospective Conservative MP candidates, outlines her plans]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:16, 14 September 2010
Julia Manning is the founder and director of 2020health.org, a web-based centre right think tank for health and social care, set up in 2006 to 'uniquely focus on bottom-up policy development by front line professionals. [1]
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Activities
According to the Sunday Times, Manning is a close adviser to the Tory leadership, and in January 2010 hosted a "Cameron Direct" town hall meeting for him. That same month she also published a report that claimed ending free treatment for minor or “lifestyle” illnesses could save £20 billion a year — about a fifth of the annual budget. [2]
Manning was a prospective Conservative MP candidate for Gosport in late 2009. "I got involved in politics because I was furious at the way that government was treating our public services." [3]
Affiliations
- Director of the Institute of Optometry
- Founder member of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists
- Blogs for CentreRight.com
- Lambeth PCT Professional Executive Committee (2004-07) [4]
Personal information
Biography
Manning was educated at Portsmouth High School and did her degree at City University in Optometry and Visual Science, graduating in 1990. She became a community optometrist, working first in Hertfordshire and then London, 'specialising in lens and refraction clinics at the Royal Free Hospital, and diabetes.[5]
Contact
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/juliamanning Blog: http://juliamanning.wordpress.com/
Resources
Blog: http://2020health.wordpress.com/
Notes
- ↑ 2020health.org,People: Julia Manning BSc (Hons) MCOptom WCDC, accessed 14 September 2010.
- ↑ Jonathan Oliver,Tory adviser Julia Manning wants end to minor treatments on NHS, Sunday Times, 10 January 2010, accessed 14 September 2010.
- ↑ Julia Manning, one of Gosport's prospective Conservative MP candidates, outlines her plans
- ↑ Julia Manning LinkedIn profile (accessed 14 September 2010)
- ↑ Julia Manning LinkedIn profile (accessed 14 September 2010)
