My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Health Data Research Service. We know that hypertension remains underdiagnosed, and it is right that the Government have diversified the detection pathways. However, between those first high recordings at a pharmacy or in social care, the information d…
My Lords, virtual wards are an aspect of community transformation that has been scaling fast. Safety and outcomes will be maintained only with an appropriate workforce plan to meet that demand. Can the Minister say what plans are in place to address that workforce need?
LordsOral Questions26 November 20253 contributions
These are very serious issues, and we continue to work on them. We are also very grateful to the Health Services Safety Investigations Body, whose reports highlight extremely important concerns and safety recommendations, with an aim to help us improve in-patient mental health services. Therefore, I…
I thank the noble Baroness for her question. Obviously, the FP 10 negotiations have not really started yet; it is just a discussion of what this might be. We are going to look very carefully at the principles of openness, excellence and value for money. We will also look at accessibility: we want to…
I am not sure that I can add a great deal more, other than to refer the noble Baroness to the 10-year plan, where innovation is absolutely at the core and the centre. We are where we are, and her point is about how we move from here to where we need to be. We need to make sure that there is a real f…
The noble Baroness gives me the opportunity to promote Stop! Think Fraud, an active campaign that promotes the work of the NCSC and directly targets organisations. The next iteration of its campaign is to target SMEs and micro-businesses, to make sure that they are aware of the tools that are availa…
The Alan Turing Institute now has four main themes—health, environment, defence and security, and fundamental AI—but it also has the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security and the AI Standards Hub. It will continue to be a beacon for some of these areas. It is working closely with government on…
As the noble Baroness says, it is very important that people use the right support. Otherwise, there is immense danger in going for what is perhaps less suitable. To my knowledge, we have not made a particular assessment, but I will pick up the noble Baroness’s point, because it is very right. On a …