Biography
Doreen Massey has been a Labour Peer since 1999. She has been Chair of the NTA (National Treatment Agency) since January 2002. The NTA is a special health authority, created by the Government in 2001, with a remit to increase the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse. The overall purpose of the NTA is to double the number of people in effective, well-managed treatment between 1998 and 2008; and to increase the proportion of people completing or appropriately continuing treatment, year on year. This is in line with the UK drug strategy targets.
She has a strong interest in children and young people, and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children. She is President of Brook Advisory Centres, a charity specialising in young people's sexual health, a trustee of the Teachers Advisory Council for Alcohol and Drug Education (TACADE), and of The Trust for the Study of Adolescence. She is a health education specialist on a range of issues including drug and alcohol misuse, HIV/AIDS and sexual health in national and international contexts. She is the former Director of the UK Family Planning Association, has published a range of books and training resources on health and sex education and is a qualified teacher. She is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on: alcohol and drugs; AIDS, population and development. She is also a Member of the Lady Taverners, a cricket charity which raises money for disabled children to take part in sport. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Doreen's outside interests include theatre, opera, film, sport, reading, and travelling. She is married with three grown-up children.
