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HANSARDNew HospitalsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for reading out the Statement. It has been clear for the last year that we would have to come to this moment of the Government finally admitting…25 May 2023HANSARDPharmacies: Medicines at HomeTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the provision of essential services provided by pharmacies, particularly the assembly of blister medicine…17 May 2023HANSARDPharmacies: Medicines at HomeMy Lords, given the urgent need to get thousands of people out of hospital and provide care and support in the community and in their homes, it is surprising that the Government…17 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesThe Minister knows the concern across the House about chronic staff shortages across rehabilitation and community services. I shall specifically ask him about the deeply worrying…10 May 2023HANSARDRecovering Access to Primary CareMy Lords, I thank the Minister for reading out the Statement. No one can be in any doubt that patient access to primary care needs a great deal of recovering from the dire…09 May 2023HANSARDOverseas Territories: Illegal ImmigrationMy Lords, the international medical charity MSF has underlined that gang violence has spread to every part of Port-au-Prince, displacing many residents who are now living in dire…27 Apr 2023HANSARDGender Identity Services: Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, the Cass review interim report underlines that the expansion of gender identity services to regional centres can be successful only if the NHS can attract and engage the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresMy Lords, the report underlines just how difficult the current social care system is to navigate and challenge, as we have just heard, yet it showed that fewer than two-thirds of…19 Apr 2023HANSARDSocial CareMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for securing this important debate and for her excellent introduction, and I sincerely endorse noble Lords’ praise for her expert chairing of the…30 Mar 2023HANSARDRespiratory Syncytial Virus ImmunisationMy Lords, maximising new vaccinations for RSV for babies and older people in the next winter season is vital, given that it will be just one of the many similar respiratory and…28 Mar 2023HANSARDStroke Rehabilitation and Community ServicesMy Lords, following my previous Question on this issue, I thank the Minister for writing to ICB CEOs on the urgent need for pre-Covid hospital and community rehab facilities to be…22 Mar 2023HANSARDStroke Rehabilitation and Community ServicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address staffing and facilities shortages in stroke rehabilitation and community services, and to ensure the national…22 Mar 2023HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesOf the 720 permanent pharmacy closures since 2015, 41% are in 20% of the most deprived areas. I cannot see how this squares with the Government’s vision of using pharmacies to…20 Mar 2023HANSARDCovid Pandemic: Testing of Care Home ResidentsMy Lords, we have heard much about the former Health Secretary’s thoughts via WhatsApp, but today’s Question is about care homes. The Government claimed early in the pandemic to…06 Mar 2023HANSARDPhysiotherapy: Rehabilitation ServicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the survey by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, published on 1 December 2022, which found that there was a…23 Feb 2023HANSARDBritish-Iranian RelationsMy Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on securing this timely debate when the spotlight is on British-Iranian relations. We are again seeing a further…23 Feb 2023HANSARDPhysiotherapy: Rehabilitation ServicesMy Lords, the CSP survey paints a dismal picture of the state of rehabilitation services: overstretched and underresourced prior to the pandemic and still struggling to…23 Feb 2023HANSARDImmunisation: Winter 2023-24My Lords, the potential for new immunisation for RSV being introduced later this year for both babies and older people in time for the next winter season is very welcome. However,…22 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareMy Lords, on that theme, the Minister makes much of the Government’s historic £7.5 billion social care funding settlement, but he knows that it has been and remains seriously…20 Feb 2023HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations 1988My Lords, despite their seriously delayed decision-making, the Government promised nearly two years ago that major efforts would be made to step up awareness raising of the…07 Feb 2023