Lord James Bethell
James Nicholas Bethell, a former minister for technology, innovation and life sciences, talks with Pamela about his mother, who struggled with postnatal depression.
Lord James Bethell has spoken openly his mother, who died when he was 10-years-old after battling addiction and mental illness. In his words, as a woman, the health system let her down.
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