Kate Lampard, Baroness Lampard
The Baroness Lampard | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 17 November 2022 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1960 |
| Political party | Conservative (until 2024) |
Kathryn Felice Lampard, Baroness Lampard, CBE, DL (born 20 April 1960) is an English politican and former barrister.
She undertook a number of senior non-executive roles within the National Health Service, including chairing SouthEast Coast Strategic Health Authority. From 2016 to July 2024 she served as Chair of the trustees of the national charity GambleAware. She is also a former Deputy Chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service.[1]
In 2012 Lampard was appointed by the Department of Health to oversee the investigations into the activities of the late broadcaster Jimmy Savile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary, Broadmoor Hospital, and elsewhere within the National Health Service after allegations of sexual abuse by Savile.[2]
In 2015 Lampard was appointed by Serco Plc to undertake an independent review of the circumstances surrounding allegations, made in a Channel 4 news report, of the mistreatment of detainees at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre. In 2017 she was appointed by G4S plc to undertake an independent review of the circumstances surrounding allegations, made in a BBC Panorama television programme, of the mistreatment of detainees at the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre.
In 2019 the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, appointed Lampard to lead a review of the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship service.[3]
Lampard served as interim chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (November 2015-June 2016). She served as a trustee of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation (1999-2023). She is a trustee of the Royal Horticultural Society.
Lampard was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to the National Health Service and to the community in Kent.[4][5]
Lampard is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Kent.
It was announced on 14 October 2022, that as part of the 2022 Special Honours, Lampard would receive a life peerage.[6] On 17 November 2022, she was created Baroness Lampard, of Frinsted in the County of Kent and sat as a member of the Conservative Party.[7] In July 2024 she became a non-affiliated peer.[8]
In September, 2023, Lampard was appointed Chair of the Statutory Inquiry into mental health deaths in Essex, known as the Lampard Inquiry, primarily the death of 2,000 mental health patients in Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Addley, Esther (17 October 2012). "Jimmy Savile: government appoints barrister to oversee four investigations". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Jimmy Savile scandal: Kate Lampard to lead NHS investigation". BBC News. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N9.
- ^ "2015 New Year Honours List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Political Peerages 2022". GOV.UK. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ https://members.parliament.uk/member/4973/career
- ^ "Savile inquiry barrister to lead Essex mental health probe". BBC. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Board members at NHS South of England
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