Defibrillators
Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord Kamall(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Geddes (Con)
My Lords, in days of old there were defibrillators in your Lordships’ House. Are they still there?
Lord Kamall (Con)
All I can say is that I hope so. I will try to find out and commit to write to my noble friend.
NHS: Pre-pandemic Facility Levels
Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord Kamall(2 years, 8 months ago)
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Lord Kamall (Con)
I thank the noble Baroness for making me aware of this issue. We are aware of a number of front-line services where there is a backlog as a result of the pandemic and not being able to have face-to-face appointments. However, I will have to write to her on the specific case that she raised.
Lord Geddes (Con)
My Lords, on the other side of the question from the noble Lord, Lord Laming, I have it on very good second-hand authority that receptionists are getting an extraordinary amount of abuse from the public. That is one of the problems.
Lord Kamall (Con)
My noble friend raises an important point. No matter how frustrating we might find trying to get an appointment with a GP, there is no room for abuse of our NHS staff—whether GPs, doctors, nurses or other health and care workers. I completely support the point he made.
Covid-19: Antiviral Pills
Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord Kamall(2 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Kamall (Con)
That is a very good question. Clearly the focus up until now has been on making sure that vaccines are distributed worldwide working with G7 and G20 partners. When we talk about health partnerships, one of the issues that many other countries raise with us is the supply of vaccines and local manufacture. To date, I am not aware of conversations about antivirals, but I will certainly look into that.
Lord Geddes (Con)
My Lords, I am not quite certain whether my noble friend answered my noble friend Lady Rawlings’s question as to whether these antiviral pills can be purchased. He mentioned that they would be available for the vulnerable, but what about the purchase element?
Lord Kamall (Con)
I am afraid I do not know the answer to that, but I will write to both my noble friends.