After Parliament
After leaving politics Barnes became a charity director, first for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaeocologists at Birthright (which she renamed WellBeing), and subsequently as Chief Executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust which she joined in October 1996 and from which she retired in August 2010.In 2011 she accepted an invitation to become Patron of Child Health International, a charity dedicated to helping families affected by cystic fibrosis in former soviet bloc countries.
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