Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Baroness Greengross Excerpts
Thursday 15th April 2021

(3 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell (Con)
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My Lords, Covid-19 has hit all services in the NHS. I pay tribute to those involved in the IBD area who have moved extremely fast to anticipate these problems. Rapid guidelines for gastrointestinal and liver conditions treated with drugs have been made available over telephone, email and text messaging services. NICE issued new guidance in August 2020 to advise healthcare professionals on gastrointestinal and liver conditions.

Baroness Greengross Portrait Baroness Greengross (CB) [V]
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My Lords, what plans do Her Majesty’s Government have to introduce sanitary bins in public toilets for men? There is a terrible shortage of these, and many men need somewhere to put items such as pads when they have a disease.

Lord Bethell Portrait Lord Bethell (Con)
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I am afraid that the management of public toilets is outside the reach of the department, but I will take that idea back to the department and write to the person responsible.