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HANSARDMedical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 3 March be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 6 May.08 May 2025HANSARDCare Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting TimesAs the noble Lord is aware, I regard the contribution of the community sector—the third sector—as absolutely crucial here. I personally work very closely, like the department more…08 May 2025HANSARDCare Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting TimesAs the noble Baroness says, we reduced the number of targets on the basis of the recommendation by the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, that having so many targets was not delivering the…08 May 2025HANSARDCare Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting TimesI pay tribute to my noble friend for her contribution in supporting awareness and improved mental health, not just for young people but in maternity settings and across all mental…08 May 2025HANSARDCare Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting TimesI thank the noble Baroness for raising her experience with her family. It is clear that patients are individual people and they need to be cared for and communicated with in the…08 May 2025HANSARDCare Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting TimesWhat the right reverend Prelate raises is absolutely key: tackling inequalities in mental ill-health is so important. We know that some groups are more excluded than others, and…08 May 2025HANSARDCare Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting TimesIt is particularly appropriate that the noble Baroness raises this issue, as it is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. Yesterday I was very glad to attend an event organised by…08 May 2025HANSARDCare Quality Commission: Mental Health Care Waiting TimesAs 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,…08 May 2025HANSARDMedical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025I am grateful to noble Lords for their valuable contributions and the way in which they have raised issues relating not just to the statutory instrument before us but this whole…06 May 2025HANSARDMedical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025.06 May 2025HANSARDMedical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025My Lords, this is a short—I hope—but technical SI, so it may be helpful to the Committee if I give some context. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency regulates…06 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsI understand the point the noble Lord is making; I was glad to have the chance of a discussion with him yesterday. I also thank him for his campaigning on such an important…01 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsMy noble friend raises a very important point. In terms of trials, I will certainly be signing up—and I encourage noble Lords and their friends and families to do likewise—to Join…01 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsMy Lords, the Government are committed to advancing the development of dementia treatments having invested £496.4 million over the past five years through the National Institute…01 May 2025HANSARDNHS: Single-sex Spaces for StaffMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, for bringing this issue before the Grand Committee, and all noble Lords, particularly the two Front-Bench spokespersons, for the…01 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsWe are abolishing NHSE. It is the biggest quango, and we are finding immense duplication. At this stage, I cannot comment on the exact matter to do with the team, but I can say…01 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsWe are very open to all sorts of creative ways of dealing with the matter, but it is important to say on the drugs that we are discussing that lecanemab and donanemab can only…01 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsI am glad that I will be joining my noble friend in signing up as a volunteer. Certainly, the Lancet commission of last year said that some 45% of dementia cases are estimated to…01 May 2025HANSARDDementia and Alzheimer’s TreatmentsThat is a very helpful offer which I will be pleased to accept. I compliment York on its initiatives, which set a very high standard. I will also discuss the points that the noble…01 May 2025HANSARDProsthetics for AmputeesMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, for securing this debate and for giving your Lordships a tremendous opportunity for a very informed and meaningful debate. Having…01 May 2025