Biography
Baroness Armstrong has engaged on mental health and public health prevention through two debate speeches. In December 2024, she called for mental health expertise to be integrated into government missions and milestones, particularly regarding opportunities for young people. In February 2025, she raised concerns about gambling harm and its impact on people with complex needs, drawing on her involvement in this issue.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…First, OHID, virtually does not exist at the moment. It has been denuded since the change from Public Health England during Covid, and there are only three people in the Department of Health who now work for OHID. They are not in a position even to be thinking about what commissioning in this area means at the moment.”
Record by topic
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“…Now, in the missions and the milestones, we have the opportunity to bring in mental health expertise, with both the voluntary sector and the NHS—alongside the work of improving buses.”
Plan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led Government · 2024-12-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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