Julia Cumberlege

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Baroness Julia Cumberlege is a Conservative peer who was Minister of Health during John Major's premiership.

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

Resources

Notes

  1. Associate Parliamentary Health Group "Baroness Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10
  2. International Osteoporosis Foundation, "Personal Biography: Baroness Julia Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10
  3. International Osteoporosis Foundation, "Personal Biography: Baroness Julia Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10
  4. Huntsworth, "Annual Report 2002", accessed 25.11.08
  5. Associate Parliamentary Health Group, "Advisory Panel", accessed 25.11.08
  6. Cumberlege Connections, "Baroness Cumberlege", accessed 25.11.08
  7. International Osteoporosis Foundation, "Personal Biography: Baroness Julia Cumberlege", accessed 09.09.10