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HANSARDCare Quality Commission ReportMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, is right to flag that this is not the first time that we have heard this catalogue of appalling treatment. The shame is that in some…15 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI support the points made by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, on lockdown; she and I have repeated them regularly in these debates, and yet there is no change. My points will be…15 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2020My Lords, I welcome the Government’s move to introduce this legislation, which simplifies and standardises the regulation of private sector testing for Covid-19. The Minister’s…10 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine RolloutI thank the Minister for the update, and join others in celebrating the good news about the first vaccines, administered yesterday. There are several different vaccines in the…09 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Community Resilience Development FrameworkMy Lords, in reviewing the work of various community resilience development forums in my region, there seems to be a considerable variety of activities and information being made…09 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Public Health InformationMy Lords, this morning I looked at the English NHS website and could not find Covid-19 information in languages other than English. I then looked at the NHS Scotland site, which…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus VaccineNo one can deny that the news about the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is just what we need as the days get shorter and Christmas still seems some way off. The technical achievement is…03 Dec 2020HANSARDHIV: Pre-exposure ProphylaxisMy Lords, access to sexual health services has always been more difficult in far-flung areas such as Cumbria and Cornwall. Often, young gay men do not like approaching the GPs…01 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. I found myself agreeing with many noble Lords on several issues. These regulations take us out of the national lockdown and into a…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Minister who is going to respond to this Statement. The first case of this coronavirus was just over a year ago, on 17 November 2019. Since then, over 1.3 million…30 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid 19: Winter PlanMy Lords, I echo the plaudits of my noble friend Lord Newby for the team in Oxford that developed a viable, stable, successful and inexpensive vaccine. Does the noble Baroness…24 Nov 2020HANSARDBrain Tumour ResearchMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Reid, referred to Baroness Jowell’s final speech, when she told us not to give up fighting this pernicious cancer. The noble Lord, Lord…19 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Conflicts of InterestMy Lords, Ministers have many opportunities to meet a wide range of individuals and organisations in the course of their work, and they have to declare their interests. Is it the…18 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I particularly welcomed the remarks of my noble friend Lady Burt, as they took me back to the days in the 1990s when I taught IT. I taught A-level students the…17 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, these amendments relate to consultation. My noble friend Lord Sharkey’s Amendment 129, to which I have added my name, specifies some people or classes of people who…17 Nov 2020HANSARDDepartment of Health and Social Care: Unpaid AdvisersMy Lords, we all wish to live in a time of transparent government. On 6 April, I understand that a Minister in the department had a phone call with a former Conservative Party…17 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillI support Amendment 108, led by the noble Lord, Lord Patel, which would place a duty on the Secretary of State to disclose information they hold “relating to a medical device…17 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, Amendment 117 would establish the independent patient safety commissioner on a statutory basis, as recommended in First Do No Harm , the report of the Independent…17 Nov 2020HANSARDReciprocal and Cross-Border Healthcare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, these regulations are quite technical in nature but relate to a very important issue for many. I am grateful to my noble friends Lady Ludford, Lord Greaves and Lord…16 Nov 2020HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, there is much to be welcomed in these regulations. It is essential that there are minimal disruptions in the NHS and social care workforce at the end of the transition…16 Nov 2020