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HANSARDCovid-19: Care HomesThe statistics which the noble Lord refers to are correct. It is probably more appropriate to compare the British care home statistics with those in Europe rather than Asia, which…20 May 2020HANSARDDental CareThe noble Baroness is entirely right. I confess to having a profound biscuit habit through the Covid epidemic which I am wrestling to get over. On a serious note, the Covid…20 May 2020HANSARDMental Health ServicesThe noble Baroness rightly points to one of the most difficult aspects of the Covid epidemic—the itinerant staff who pass from one vulnerable person to the next. We recognised…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseIt is very simple. If you have one person from another household meeting your household, the chances are that you will all respect the two-metre social distancing recommendation.…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseThe noble Baroness is entirely right that the deaths of those with learning difficulties have been one of the most disturbing and sad aspects of this disease. We are focused very…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseI am afraid I did not hear the full question from the noble Baroness, but if I understood her correctly, she referred to track and trace. I reassure her that we are putting a huge…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseI am extremely grateful for the noble Baroness’s comments. Since she asks for my personal opinion, I would say that, no, the NHS was not overrun. It has been a huge achievement…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseThe noble Baroness is entirely right: the backlog of operations and procedures will be a daunting task for the NHS to tackle. We have prioritised it. Simon Stevens has told the…19 May 2020HANSARDMental Health ServicesThe noble Baroness is right: the Covid epidemic will throw a spotlight on our mental health provision. That provision is already benefiting from an extra £2.3 billion a year by…19 May 2020HANSARDMental Health ServicesThe noble Baroness is entirely right. I am living with four children who are greatly distressed at losing their friends and not being able to stay in touch in the way they would…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME NHS StaffThe noble Lord is entirely right. This disease is racist, fatist and sexist. We need to understand why it is discriminatory in all these areas. I reassure the noble Lord that the…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME NHS StaffMy Lords, I share the noble Baroness’s tribute to BAME staff in the NHS, who, as she rightly points out, are on the front line and putting themselves at risk. We should all, as a…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME NHS StaffI can reassure my noble friend that action is already being taken. Individual trusts are putting in place trials and arrangements to try out different forms of amelioration,…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseMy Lords, I do listen to “More or Less”. I absolutely love it, and it is a shame that I did not hear the episode to which the noble Lord refers because I would have reprimanded…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseI am very sorry that the noble Lord had coronavirus, and it is good to see him on such fine form and in characteristically enthusiastic shape. The bottom line is that lots of…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseMy Lords, the noble Lord is right. As a nation, we have been hit really hard by this disease and it is heart-breaking. I would have loved this country to have somehow dodged the…19 May 2020HANSARDMental Health ServicesI join the noble Baroness in paying tribute to those working in mental health in the NHS. They have kept services running in extremely difficult circumstances and their impact has…19 May 2020HANSARDMental Health ServicesMy Lords, the NHS has issued guidance to services to support them in managing demand and capacity across in-patient and community mental health services. Services have remained…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME NHS StaffThe noble Baroness is entirely right. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to those BAME staff, whether black Afro-Caribbean or Filipino, who have put their lives at risk on the front…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME NHS StaffI reassure the noble Baroness that we have a large amount of data—although we could do with more and better. The collection of death certification data, for instance, has already…19 May 2020