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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Nov 2021
New Hospitals

"My Lords, will the Minister avoid getting caught in a numbers game? We need an adequate number of beds in a good geographical spread to deal with the needs of the whole population. I hope that he will see this as part of an integrated expansion of the health service …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Health Incentives Scheme

"My Lords, perhaps I may first apologise to the Opposition Front Bench for my confusing an Urgent Question with an Oral Statement. I thought that we had only 10 minutes for all of us.

My reaction is that this system will be quite easy to game. One cannot measure fruit …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Social Care

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, for initiating this debate. We have gone round and round on this subject for many years; as the noble Lord said, he was on a royal commission long before I ever got anywhere near this House—indeed, before I ever thought I …..."
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Written Question
General Practitioners: Working Hours
Thursday 28th October 2021

Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have given advice and direction to GPs on their mandatory working hours; and what assessment they have made of whether GPs working their mandatory hours would lead to a reduction in the number of patients referred to Accident and Emergency departments without first being seen by their GP.

Answered by Lord Kamall - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

We have provided no such advice or direction as general practitioners are independent contractors with no mandatory working hours Therefore, no specific assessment has been made.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Oct 2021
NHS England Funding: Announcement to Media

"My Lords, I point out that the NHS has an insatiable capacity to spend money. I put it to the Minister that political control must be re-exerted over the NHS. Nye Bevan did not found the NHS by asking civil servants to do it. I encourage the Minister to bring …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Coronavirus Act 2020

"My Lords, I start with a quote from the front page of the regulations which I find quite over the top:

“These Regulations are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus”.
…..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 26 Oct 2021
Coronavirus Act 2020

"I shall go back to the beginning because I cannot remember where I stopped.

I start with a quote from the regulations, which

“are made in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health which is posed by the incidence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus”.

…..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 20 Oct 2021
Ageing: Science, Technology and Healthy Living (Science and Technology Committee Report)

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for his excellent report. It is a report I will not be getting rid of; it will stay on my shelf. That puts it in distinguished company, because it means that it is one that has been not only worth reading …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Oct 2021
GPs: In-person Appointments

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure all patients can choose to have a telephone or in-person appointment with their GP; and what assessment they have made of the impact of appointments not being in person on the late diagnosis of conditions...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Oct 2021
GPs: In-person Appointments

"I thank the Minister for his reply but point out that one of the fundamentals of the NHS has been that the patient has decided when they wish to see the doctor. Under Covid, that has been breached many times, with doctors having far more power not to see patients. …..."
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