Julia Cumberlege
Baroness Julia Cumberlege is a Conservative peer who was Minister of Health during John Major's premiership.
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Background
Ennobled in 1990, Cumberlege became a Junior Health Minister in 1992 and for five years was responsible for health matters in the House of Lords.[1]
Cumberlege is co-chair of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and the All Party Parliamentary Osteoporosis Group, and secretary of the Dying Well Parliamentary Group. She served on the select committee created to review the Draft Mental Health Bill and the one with the task of examining the issues surround Stem Cell Research and Cloning.[2]
Cumberlege is a Trustee of Cancer Research UK, Leeds Castle in Kent and Chailey Heritage School; and is a Senior Associate of the King’s Fund. She is Patron of the National Childbirth Trust, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives.[3]
Consultancy
In 2002, Cumberlege stood down as a non-executive Director of Huntsworth Plc but continued to act as a consultant to the group on health matters.[4]
She is also Executive Director of MJM Healthcare Solutions, part of the Niche Healthcare Consulting group.[5]
Cumberlege Connections
Cumberlege runs her own consultancy company Cumberlege Connections, launched in 2001.[6]
Baroness Cumberlege’s "Top Ten Tips for Influencing"
Offered as part of a list produced to help in raising awareness of osteoporis and influencing legislation[7], Cumberlege outlines her advice as follows:
- 1.
- Have a vision
- Make it real
- Try not to compromise
- 2.
- Reconnaissance is never wasted
- Map the territory
- Build and use alliances
- 3.
- Gain and share knowledge
- Know how the system works and…
- How to work the system
- 4.
- Be canny – no surprises
- Use research, respected publications, and do your own research
- Your personal experiences (but sparingly)
- 5.
- Do not sell out
- Use your contacts
- Find examples elsewhere
- 6.
- Keep your message
- Consistent
- Simple
- Compelling
- Jargon-free
- 7.
- Link with objectives of the party in power
- Have a plan
- Be efficient
- 8.
- Make opportunities, and never let one pass you by
- Never, ever give-up
- 9.
- Use the media
- Every person has their price
- 10.
- Low cunning and lovable dimness
- Be creative
Contact, Resources, Notes
Contact
Email: cumberlegej@parliament.uk
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group "Baroness Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10
- ↑ International Osteoporosis Foundation, "Personal Biography: Baroness Julia Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10
- ↑ International Osteoporosis Foundation, "Personal Biography: Baroness Julia Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10
- ↑ Huntsworth, "Annual Report 2002", accessed 25.11.08
- ↑ Associate Parliamentary Health Group, "Advisory Panel", accessed 25.11.08
- ↑ Cumberlege Connections, "Baroness Cumberlege", accessed 25.11.08
- ↑ International Osteoporosis Foundation, "Personal Biography: Baroness Julia Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10
