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HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Reporting AbuseAs ever, the noble Baroness speaks with experience and wisdom. Speaking up and raising concerns where there has been abuse or where something has gone wrong should be…17 Jun 2019HANSARDCarers: SupportThe noble Baroness is absolutely right. This is an important part of the system. I noted those reports with serious concern. Significant work has been put into providing carers’…17 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportThis is a really important question, because the carer’s allowance has increased and is available as a non-means-tested support. I can reveal today that one of the key issues that…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportThe noble Lord will know that the spending review has not yet started, so I cannot tell him what is happening in the negotiations. What I can tell him about is the work that has…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportMy Lords, we are committed to supporting carers to provide care in ways that protect and preserve their own health and well-being. Last June, we published the Carers Action Plan,…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportI thank the noble Baroness for her important Question. I suspect that the majority of noble Lords have not only been carers themselves but have benefited from caring. I would not…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportI thank the noble Baroness for her question. She is absolutely right that we need to ensure that we target support at those who need it most, but that we also identify those who…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportThe burden of ill health, anxiety and depression is an important issue that has been clearly identified, and it can be caused by caring for a loved one. There is specific evidence…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportThe right reverend Prelate is quite right to identify this as a crucial issue. The Government believe that children should be protected from inappropriate and excessive caring…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportI thank my noble friend for this important question. The Carers Action Plan was a real step in the right direction. It has 64 action points and good progress has been made. There…13 Jun 2019HANSARDUnpaid Carers: SupportI completely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Patel, who is absolutely right that we must ensure that we sustainably fund social care. The Government have provided £3.9 billion…13 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2019My Lords, I open with an apology for the state of my voice. I shall do my utmost to make myself heard and make it to the end of my speech. If I do not manage to answer all the…10 Jun 2019HANSARDPeople with Learning DisabilitiesMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for securing this serious and timely debate and I am very grateful to noble Lords for their informed contributions on a very…06 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: BullyingI thank the noble Lord for his Question and I share his outrage. We absolutely must have zero tolerance of violence against any NHS workers, wherever they work within the National…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: BullyingThe CQC takes this extremely seriously. One proposal in the people plan is for the CQC’s scorecard to include a proper measure of a sustainable workforce, so that the new staff…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: BullyingI am afraid I was not here 21 years ago to hear the noble Lord’s maiden speech, but I shall look it up with utmost urgency upon leaving the Chamber and I thank him for his…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: BullyingThe noble Baroness is right that non-disclosure agreements cannot cover up bullying. All staff are free to speak up. Non-disclosure agreements should not be used for that purpose…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: BullyingMy noble friend, as ever, makes a very good point. Obviously there are a number of routes where leadership has been shown on this issue. In 2016 the Social Partnership Forum,…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: BullyingMy Lords, the Government are committed to supporting NHS organisations in their responsibility to tackle bullying. Some 28.3% of staff responding to the 2018 NHS staff survey…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNHS: BullyingThe Interim NHS People Plan identified bullying and violence in the workplace as a key challenge that must be addressed, and identified some measures to address them. However, the…05 Jun 2019