Kathryn Felice Lampard, Baroness Lampard, (born 20 April 1960) is an English politician and former

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. She undertook a number of senior non-executive roles within the

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, 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

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. In 2012 Lampard was appointed by the

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to oversee the investigations into the activities of the late broadcaster

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at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary, Broadmoor Hospital, and elsewhere within the National Health Service after Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal, allegations of sexual abuse by Savile. 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. 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. 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. On 17 November 2022, she was created Baroness Lampard, ''of Frinsted in the Kent, County of Kent'' and sat as a member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. In July 2024 she became a non-affiliated peer. 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.

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at NHS South of England 1960 births English barristers 21st-century English lawyers Living people British women lawyers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Conservative Party (UK) life peers Life peers created by Charles III Life peeresses created by Charles III 21st-century British women lawyers {{UK-law-bio-stub