My Lords, I draw noble Lords’ attention to my registered interest as chairman of King’s Health Partners. In addition to addressing workforce concerns and driving a much-improved culture in the delivery of maternity services, the physical environment in which maternity services are delivered is criti…
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, and in so doing echo her remarks about the remarkable and customarily imaginative and enthusiastic way in which the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, introduced this debate. In so doing, I declare my interests as chairman of Kin…
My Lords, Lord Stone of Blackheath, the subject of this report, resigned from your Lordships’ House in December last year. Soon after, the commissioner launched an investigation into three complaints, two made by visitors and a third by a member of staff in the Parliamentary Digital Service. The com…
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar, and to contribute to this debate on the National Cancer Plan. I thank my colleague on the Science and Technology Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Patel. I draw the Committee’s attention to my declared interests in the register, and al…
My Lords, this report is the outcome of the third detailed investigation into Lord Chadlington’s interactions with Ministers and advisers in the Department of Health and Social Care during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that Lord Chadlington retired from the House following publication of the Conduct …
My Lords, under Standing Order 68, no debate is allowed on this Motion. I must therefore now put the Question that this Motion be agreed to.
The noble Lord is right to make the point that innovation research is one part of it, but it is actually its implementation that matters. However, the faster and more frequent detection of cardiovascular conditions is the key thing and training is certainly a part of that.
My Lords, the Motion invites the House to approve the appointment of Dame Anne Rafferty as Commissioner for Standards for a five-year term and to approve the extension of the term of the existing commissioner, Martin Jelley, for a further three years. Since 2021, the House has appointed two commissi…
My Lords, the Motion invites the House to approve the appointment of Dame Anne Rafferty as Commissioner for Standards for a five-year term and to approve the extension of the term of the existing commissioner, Martin Jelley, for a further three years. Since 2021, the House has appointed two commissi…
My Lords, it is a bit frightening for me, as a layman, to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar, one of Britain’s top professors of surgery. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, on introducing this small but important Bill. I support it since I have had a couple of run-ins w…
I am. We are investing £10 billion in digital technologies within the NHS. We have introduced a 2% efficiency and productivity target in the NHS for each year of this Parliament. That is supported by the Government’s 10-year health plan for England, which will improve outcomes for patients and deliv…
I should be able to answer, I admit, but I would rather be honest with the noble Lord: I would prefer to write to him because of the specific nature of his question. I am content with the role of the research trial and that we are now harnessing AI tools through the EDITH trial backed by some £11 mi…
My Lords, the report before the House on the conduct of the noble Baroness, Lady D’Souza, follows a referral by the Metropolitan Police Service to the Commissioner for Standards.
The facts are not in dispute. In February, the noble Baroness wrote to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police regar…
My Lords, under Standing Order 68A, no debate is allowed on this Motion. I must therefore put the question.
The noble Lord raises a very good point. Certainly, it is part of how we develop the use of data. I am aware that he did not directly ask me this, but perhaps I might use the opportunity to say that data safety, which I know is a matter of concern to many noble Lords, is absolutely paramount here. W…
My Lords, on Wednesday we marked World Suicide Prevention Day. This year, the theme was “changing the narrative on suicide”, and we were reminded how simply being willing to open a conversation with a person in crisis can interrupt suicidal thoughts and renew hope.
It is with tragic irony that just…
The noble Lord raises a crucial point: there is no point having all the work going into innovation if we cannot implement it. It is at the centre of the 10-year plan. A process is being worked up to look at how we can bring the best of our innovation and technological advancement into clinical pract…
The noble Lord, as always, raises exceptionally important points. The three shifts under the 10-year plan, particularly around moving from analogue to digital, answer the question on the need to focus on digital. These are ongoing discussions and, while the workforce will come down, it is critical t…
My Lords, we are all grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, for securing this debate and, as he said, it is an important issue that has been of concern for some years. It is important for our NHS and for the long-term health and well-being of our nation. We know that, in recent years, the competi…