"The noble Baroness makes an incredibly important point. It is not just in this area that we have shortages in specialisms. The Government are committed to creating a much better environment for resident doctors moving through the process into specialisms and to giving them support. There is a whole raft …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"I am sure that noble Lords will allow me to start by paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, and to his contribution to your Lordships’ House. Many noble Lords will know that he is retiring from our House this summer. I thank him for all his work across …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The noble Baroness raises such an important point. Of course, the Government are committed to significant investment in research, but we cannot overestimate the work that so many individuals, companies and charities do in this space. I know that her personal experience is of giving them the support that they …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The noble Lord raises an important question. New technologies are coming through quickly and the potential is exciting in terms of outcomes and patient experience, with much less time spent in hospital, for example, freeing up beds and time for other treatments. As well as the treatment that the noble …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord for sharing his personal experience with us. It makes the debate so much more real when we hear about the circumstances. The emphasis on shifting services to the community is to enable local places to recognise that there are hotspots for different cancers or diseases …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The noble Lord has identified an unexpected spin-off of being a Minister or shadow Minister in this place.
The noble Lord makes a very important point. The fundamental basis of the 10-year plan is how we move to earlier diagnosis, with the three shifts, including moving treatment into the community. …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend for that question. I can assure her that I get regular bulletins, comments and questions from Yorkshire Cancer Research. I highly recommend that noble Lords look at the work that it does. The national cancer plan will identify the activity needed to reduce disparities in …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"I cannot give the detailed answer on the numbers that the noble Lord is after, but I am very happy to write to him. We have this experience in a whole range of other medicines, but I appreciate the noble Lord’s particular interest in this. This is a very difficult …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The noble Lord raises a crucial point: there is no point having all the work going into innovation if we cannot implement it. It is at the centre of the 10-year plan. A process is being worked up to look at how we can bring the best of our innovation …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"I am not sure that I can add a great deal more, other than to refer the noble Baroness to the 10-year plan, where innovation is absolutely at the core and the centre. We are where we are, and her point is about how we move from here to where …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech