"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, has done us all a great service. Last night, it was clear that there is a view that some really major parts of this legislation need to be addressed and debated. This is absolutely one of those major parts. It is about where …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"In the time that is left, I would have loved to respond to all the points, but I am not going to go through them in detail. I am deeply disappointed in the response from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, because it seems that he has not taken …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, we move on to a group of amendments that are extremely important and, in some ways, complementary to those in the previous debate. Autonomy is the lodestar of the Bill. The amendments in this group are designed to reinforce and respect that patient autonomy; they do not block …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"I declare that my son is a cardiologist. Following on from the Minister’s comments about the risks associated with false positives, where 30% to 40% of those who had a false positive, even after having been proven not to have particular cardiac risk, have long-term health anxiety and sport avoidance, …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, looking beyond gynaecology at women’s healthcare overall, do the Government recognise the importance of public health messaging? Breast cancer is the leading cause of mortality in 30 to 50 year-olds. Often it is diagnosed late, yet there are some important public health initiatives such as good diagrams in …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, with the disaster of poorly managed allergy, only 24 ICBs have been able to state the extent to which they have services, and none are able to state whether they have a specialist nurse and dietician. Will the Government use the opportunity of the single patient record to …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to those who have contributed to this discussion. I made it clear at the beginning that I was probing. I am particularly grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, for pointing out that one of the difficulties for assessors is in knowing how reliable the …..." Baroness Finlay of Llandaff - View Speech