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Name
Baroness Julia Cumberlege
Title
Chair, Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (2018-2020)
Bio
After a period in local government, Baroness Cumberlege began her career in healthcare when she appointed to chair the Brighton Health Authority in the mid-1980s. She subsequently chaired the South West Thames Regional Health Authority, where she made radical changes to mental health services. She was ennobled in 1990 and in 1992 was appointed a junior health minister. For five years she covered all health matters in the House of Lords and chaired a review of community nursing which initiated nurses being able to prescribe and become registered. She was commissioned by two governments to produce national reports entitled ‘Neighbourhood Nursing – a Focus for Care’ and ‘Changing Childbirth’.
In 2018 Baroness Cumberlege was asked to chair the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review which launched its report First Do No Harm in July 2020. She is now co-chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group First Do No Harm, which is focused on delivery of the nine recommendations from her report.
In 2018 Baroness Cumberlege was asked to chair the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review which launched its report First Do No Harm in July 2020. She is now co-chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group First Do No Harm, which is focused on delivery of the nine recommendations from her report.
