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HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesMy Lords, further to the Minister’s reply to my noble friend Lord Bradley, what is the Government’s plan to increase and integrate the number of independent prescribers being…06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the increasing numbers of premature deaths from heart and circulatory conditions since 2020.06 Feb 2024HANSARDPremature Deaths: Heart and Circulatory ConditionsMy Lords, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities reports a persistently high number of excess deaths involving cardiovascular disease since the beginning of the…06 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS: Fracture Liaison ServicesMy Lords, the Minister has previously confirmed in your Lordships’ House that just 51% of ICBs have a fracture liaison service, and that the rest of the country has what he…05 Feb 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, it is, as always, an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and her words of hope. I feel I should say that I feel reassured to be in the company of noble…02 Feb 2024HANSARDChild ObesityMy Lords, given the Minister’s response just now, does he acknowledge that the Government’s childhood obesity plan has presented us with what NHS England now describes as “a…01 Feb 2024HANSARDMaternity ServicesMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Taylor on securing this debate and setting out the issues with her customary elegance and clarity for us to build on further. As my…25 Jan 2024HANSARDSmokingMy Lords, it has been reported that the decline in smoking has nearly ground to a halt since the pandemic, with many former smokers lapsing and many more young people now taking…25 Jan 2024HANSARDMeasles CasesMy Lords, this is a grave yet preventable situation, especially as 80 countries across the world are measles-free while the UK has lost its status. I am sure that the Minister…22 Jan 2024HANSARDMeasles CasesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the declaration of a national health incident by the UK Health Security Agency over a surge in measles cases…22 Jan 2024HANSARDNational Immunisation ProgrammeMy Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lady Ritchie, who is as we all agree a great champion for better health through greater take-up and availability of vaccines…18 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS: Drug ShortagesMy Lords, there are reports in the media today of pharmacists having to deal with frustrated and worried customers who are faced with shortages of medicines including HRT and the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationMy Lords, over the past decade, we have seen the take-up of immunisation decrease. Particularly worrying is the great disparity between white Britons receiving the flu vaccine,…17 Jan 2024HANSARDNational Health Service: Key TargetsMy Lords, the King’s Fund has highlighted a delay to the release of additional funding to help NHS and social care services prepare for winter, which will of course only worsen…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateMy Lords, the Government’s urgent and emergency care recovery plan promised the largest and fastest ever improvement in emergency waiting times in the NHS’s history. Yet it has…11 Jan 2024HANSARDDeaths: Younger Age CohortsMy Lords, the Lancet found that deaths from cardiovascular disease among those aged 50 to 64 are one-third higher than over the previous five years. To what extent do the…11 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS App: Medical RecordsMy Lords, easy access to medical records on the NHS app is indeed positive and helpful to many, but of course there are parents whose abusive spouse or partner might use that…19 Dec 2023HANSARDVector-borne DiseasesMy Lords, the analysis in the UKSA report referred to by the right reverend Prelate uses a high-end global warming scenario to represent a worst-case situation without mitigation…14 Dec 2023HANSARDIn-patient Mental Health Care: Learning Disabilities and AutismMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, on securing this important debate today, particularly as it comes so soon after the publication of her report, My Heart…13 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingMy Lords, we on these Benches are clear that the BBC must continue as a universal, publicly owned and publicly funded public service broadcaster, with funding that is both…12 Dec 2023