Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
cumberlegej@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health 1992-97;
Opposition Spokesperson for Health 1997
Councils, public bodies
Lewes District Council:
Councillor 1966-79,
Leader 1977-78;
Councillor, East Sussex County Council 1974-85:
Chair, Social Services Committee 1979-82;
Chair, Brighton Health Authority 1981-88;
Member, Press Council 1984-90;
Chair, Review of Community Nursing for England (Report: Neighbourhood Nursing) 1985,
DL, East Sussex 1986-;
Member, DHSS Expert Advisory Group on AIDS 1987-89,
Chair, South West Thames Regional Health Authority 1988-92;
Vice-President, Royal College of Nursing 1989-;
Member, NHS Policy Board for England 1989-97;
Council member, UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting 1989-92;
Vice-Lord Lieutenant, East Sussex 1992;
Chair:
Review of Maternity Services for England (Report: Changing Childbirth) 1993,
St George's Medical School Council 2000-06;
Council member, Sussex University 2001-09;
Vice-President, Royal College of Midwives
Political interests
Local government, National Health Service, media, education
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Cumberlege, of Newick in the County of East Sussex 1990
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Sole Owner, Executive Chairman, Cumberlege Connections Ltd (trains NHS and other personnel in NHS governance)
Work done by the Member (Category 2) is paid directly to Cumberlege Connections Ltd
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
National Health Service organisations
London Boroughs and Local Government organisations
Florence Nightingale Foundation
The King's Fund
PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd
4: Shareholdings (b)
Prudential plc (financial services)
4: Shareholdings (a)
Cumberlege Connections Ltd (training company)
5: Land and property
Garden annex to main residence owned jointly with husband from which payment for occupation is received from Cumberlege Connections Ltd
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Chairman of Trustees, Chailey Heritage School
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Trustee, Leeds Castle Foundation