Norman Lamb and his son Archie opened up on ITV News about Archie’s depression and thoughts of suicide. In a very moving interview with Mark Austin they say what it is like to live with mental illness. Archie explains: It just takes over your head. You can’t think of anything else. When you get into depression […]
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LibLink: Norman Lamb MP: Government must fund equality for mental health
Writing for PoliticsHome, former Liberal Democrat Health Minister Norman Lamb argued that the Government must put its money where its mouth is when it comes to ensuring equality for mental health: The Spending Review is a critical moment that will shape the Government’s spending for the duration of the Parliament, and the Chancellor of the […]
Lamb on junior doctors’ vote in favour of strike action: Government has “woefully mismanaged” negotiation
Today, it was announced that junior doctors had voted in favour of strike action by an overwhelming majority. 98% were in favour of action which will begin on 1st December. Norman Lamb has condemned the Government’s handling of the situation and told Jeremy Hunt to do everything he could to avert the strike: It’s a […]
LibLink: Claire Tyler on Equality4MentalHealth
We have covered the launch of the Equality for Mental Health Campaign this week and we also linked to Norman Lamb’s account of his son’s struggles with mental health. And now our spokesperson in the Lords on Mental Health, Claire Tyler, has written an article in Politics Home. She outlines the campaign then writes: Our job […]
LibLink: Norman Lamb MP – My son’s struggle with OCD showed me the unfairness people with mental illness face
Norman Lamb has been much in the news this week, having launched a cross-party campaign for mental health to be treated equally with physical health across the health service. Norman has written a piece for the Guardian drawing on themes that will be familiar to party members from his excellent conference speech earlier this year. Here’s […]
Norman Lamb launches Equality for Mental Health campaign
View image | gettyimages.com Today, Norman Lamb launched a cross-party campaign for improved funding for mental health services. He was joined by Alistair Campbell and Andrew Mitchell MP, as well as a very impressive list of other politicians, professionals, celebrities, mental health charities and community leaders. Ruby Wax said: It’s unbelievable that it’s 2015 and there isn’t […]
What made Norman Lamb threaten to resign?
View image | gettyimages.com Norman Lamb tells the Eastern Daily Press that he threatened to resign during his 3 year term as health and social care minister. The issue was waiting time targets for mental health conditions – and he got his way. You always had the feeling that Norman knew exactly what he was […]
World Mental Health Day: Farron and Lamb’s contributions
Both Tim Farron and Norman Lamb have taken note that today is World Mental Health Day. As someone who has had lifelong experience of Anxiety and Depression in varying degrees of intensity,I appreciate the way in which they and Nick Clegg before them fought to get this issue to the forefront. It also greatly aggrieves […]
Lamb and Williams warn on care cap delay
View image | gettyimages.com As Care Minister, Norman Lamb (and his Liberal Democrat predecessor) were pivotal in ensuring that the cap for care costs was introduced. The Conservatives have now delayed its implementation by 4 long years. Norman described this as an “outrageous betrayal of people at their most weak and most frail. He said: […]
Lamb and Williams warn on care cap delay
View image | gettyimages.com As Care Minister, Norman Lamb (and his Liberal Democrat predecessor) were pivotal in ensuring that the cap for care costs was introduced. The Conservatives have now delayed its implementation by 4 long years. Norman described this as an “outrageous betrayal of people at their most weak and most frail. He said: […]