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HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentI completely reject the implications of the noble Lord’s question. While British companies have stepped forward and we are pleased to have made many contracts, there are not, I am…16 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewMy Lords, I start by reiterating the tributes from both noble Baronesses, Lady Thornton and Lady Brinton, to my noble friend Lady Cumberlege and her team, who have worked…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI thank the noble Lord for his searching questions. The role of the MHRA on both medical devices and medicines has been massively upgraded, and the review process for new medical…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Lord alludes to an extremely difficult balance that we have to seek to make. He is entirely right that medical devices and medicines operate on different criteria. The…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Baroness is right: we do not listen to our women clearly enough. The medical health of women is more complicated than the medical health of men, and that point has been…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Baroness is entirely right. The report must not be left on the shelf. We have already done much, and in the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill we will do more. The other…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewMy Lords, I completely share the view of the noble Lord and of the patient groups who have unequivocal admiration for the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, who has done the nation…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Baroness is right that regulation is important, but so is culture. I emphasise the importance placed by the Cumberlege report on a change in attitude in the healthcare…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI completely endorse the comments of my noble friend. To embellish his point, it has been very interesting to see through Covid how patients have had to track their own symptoms,…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Baroness is entirely right that transparency is essential in order to have a fair and equitable healthcare system. The GMC has already considered these areas and has…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Baroness is right to emphasise the dangers of the insertion of mesh. It is a procedure that is still taking place within the NHS. We are looking at bids for specialist…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewI completely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, that this is an important report. I pay tribute to my predecessor my noble friend Lord O’Shaughnessy, who commissioned it. We…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Baroness is right about culture change, but we are aware that having a big, clunking fist of financial threat hanging over individuals who are considering the admission…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewLet me reassure the noble Lord that this report is taken seriously. But I acknowledge the fact that some of these issues are extremely complex, and when dealing with issues such…15 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewThe noble Lord is right to focus on this. We have put in place enormous measures to address the issue of translation. Technology is being used in a much more thoughtful way to…15 Jul 2020HANSARDMedical Teaching and Learning: Ethnic DiversityThe noble Baroness asks a very specific question; I cannot, I am afraid, answer precisely on what meetings there have been with the medical councils, particularly during the busy…14 Jul 2020HANSARDMedical Teaching and Learning: Ethnic DiversityMy Lords, I completely agree with my noble friend, Lord McColl, that complacency is our enemy. I recommend to him the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard publication, which is…14 Jul 2020HANSARDMedical Teaching and Learning: Ethnic DiversityThe noble Baroness is right; the representation of BAME communities at the higher echelons of the medical establishment is not good enough. In too many areas, the representation…14 Jul 2020HANSARDMedical Teaching and Learning: Ethnic DiversityThe noble Baroness put her point well, although the broadband deficiencies meant that I did not get all of it. I emphasise that this area of policy work is very much the focus of…14 Jul 2020HANSARDMedical Teaching and Learning: Ethnic DiversityThe noble Baroness is entirely right that decisions on careers are often made at school and if we do not get to people then we may miss them for ever. That is why we have built a…14 Jul 2020