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HANSARDHealth: Eating DisordersThe noble Baroness may not have heard my answer to the previous question, where I cited the large number of beds opened in the last year, totalling more than 30 across the…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Eating DisordersMy Lords, we recognise the contribution of charities to this mental health challenge, and £10.2 million of additional funding has been allocated to mental health charities. We…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Brain TumoursMy Lords, I am hugely grateful to noble Lords for bringing this challenge to my attention. It is House of Lords advocacy at its best. We have met interested parties and I am…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Brain TumoursMy Lords, it is fantastic news that my noble friend’s son has benefited so well from our considerable investment in proton-beam therapy. I wish both him and his son good luck on…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Brain TumoursMy Lords, the noble Lord makes an excellent suggestion. Indeed, I am pleased to report that exactly such a strategy is in place by working with the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Brain TumoursMy Lords, the noble Baroness is right that brain tumours and brain cancer are some of the most awful situations, particularly because they so frequently affect the young. That is…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Brain TumoursMy Lords, I have had three meetings, particularly with the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission, which has been extremely constructive and brought with it clinical expertise, patient…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Eating DisordersThe noble Lord is right: the pandemic will have added pressure, particularly on young girls. In-patient units are experiencing tremendous pressure, so it is difficult to see those…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Eating DisordersThe noble Lord puts it extremely well. Instances of those in pregnancy who have eating disorders are particularly heartrending and disturbing. He is right: sometimes, the…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Brain TumoursThe noble Lord is right: it is extremely complex and one of the challenges we have is that the basic science needed to guide research is an unpredictable and difficult-to-manage…19 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth: Brain TumoursMy Lords, £40 million was announced in May 2018 for brain tumour research. To date, £9.3 million has been committed and £5.5 million will be committed from April 2018 to 2023. At…19 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy Lords, I have met the Race Disparity Unit and can share my noble friend’s testimony to the critical work that it does. The statistical collections managed by NHS Digital have…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI am enormously grateful to the noble Lord for sending me his question, but I am embarrassed to say that I did not receive the correspondence. I would love to have the figures to…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformThe right reverend Prelate is right to allude to the importance of culture. No amount of bureaucracy or guideline-writing can ultimately address the basic attitudes, backgrounds…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy Lords, I can reassure the noble Lord only by saying we have put an ambitious report on the table. We will follow it up with a detailed consultation process that will engage…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy Lords, the role of health review tribunals is critical, and more needs to be done to ensure that they reflect the communities they represent. I am not sure it is the role of…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy Lords, that is not the intention of the report, and I confess to struggling to understand how that would be the case. I would welcome correspondence from the noble Baroness to…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformThe noble Lord is right; the numbers are inappropriate. Fifty-one thousand detentions under the Act in 2019-20 seems far too many. Detentions under the Act rose by 40% in the 10…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy Lords, I live opposite University College Hospital. Every night I hear the ambulances arriving and I think of the staff on the front line working so hard night after night in…18 Jan 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformThe noble Lord is entirely right: when people experience a mental health crisis, they should be treated with consideration. Unfortunately, the police are sometimes at the front…18 Jan 2021