"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to assess and prioritise investment in trials of new dementia treatments in the NHS...." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"I am very grateful to the Minister for that update. Dementia is now the most prevalent mental disorder in the country and the leading cause of death in women. I think she will agree with me that, at the moment, only 30% of dementia cases ever get diagnosed. If we …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"Does the Minister agree that while the current generation of drugs is not very efficacious—and, sadly, more research recently has demonstrated that it is not terribly good—the most important reason for early diagnosis, as we have said, is to get the services in that people need? We are talking about …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"My Lords, I am no expert in housing, as many people in the Chamber are; if some of my questions and comments appear naive, it is because I am reflecting what many of the general public think and understand about social housing.
"I just want to comment on some of these earlier amendments, particularly from the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin. I think the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay—I cannot remember whether it was last week or the week before that—reminded us that people who are terminally ill, or who have discovered that they …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"I do not know what the noble Baroness’s discussions with her patients are like, but I remember mine very well. A lot of discussion that goes on between a doctor and a patient does not get formally recorded but is part of the everyday conversation of a consultation. I think …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"We have discussed this issue at some length before, but I wonder if the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, has considered that the Bill does not say anything about a definite diagnosis. The phrase is “can reasonably be expected”. It does not mean that anybody has to agree with a diagnosis …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"My Lords, could I make it clear to noble Lords that, in the best legislatures that have implemented similar legislation to this one—and I am thinking of Oregon, the State of Washington and so on—assisted dying is a small part, a very tiny part, of a good palliative care service, …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"My Lords, I oppose the view of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, that we should have a completely separate service. That would target and isolate people who are dying. They will wish to be supported by the people who they have known through the course of their illness, so it …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech