Baroness Camilla Cavendish was appointed a non-executive director at the Department of Health and Social Care on 13 January 2025.

She is a contributing editor and columnist for The Financial Times, a research fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School and a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords.

She has a background in policy with expertise in health and care. She is a former head of the Downing Street Policy Unit under Prime Minister David Cameron, the author of 2 independent reviews for government into health and social care, a former non-executive director of the Care Quality Commission and former chair of the national social work charity, Frontline: Changing Lives.