"My Lords, I am very aware that the Minister has had this Question in almost identical wording, and I think there is another one soon to come from somebody else. So I will move away, if I may, and ask: does the Minister agree that the importance of these fracture …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in developing a delivery plan to achieve national coverage of fracture liaison services in England by 2030...." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"My Lords, fractures of the hip are killers for people in old age. Up to 25,000 older people die every year after a hip fracture, usually several years before their allotted time. Does it not seem to the Minister that we should give more energy to getting these fracture liaison …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"My Lords, I am no expert on youth justice and I am aware that I am surrounded today by people who are, but I support the Bill of the noble Lord, Lord Oates, because I have too often experienced the results of a Government thinking that by transferring responsibilities in-house …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"My Lords, I take this opportunity provided to us by the noble Lord, Lord Patel, to talk about the data for research for the greatest health challenge of our time—dementia. We need to improve the quality, accessibility and use of dementia data to support research, which is in an extremely …..." Baroness Murphy - View Speech
"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.