"My Lords, I do not believe for one moment that the Minister is complacent. In answer to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, the reason why the staff vaccination rate is up from last year is because it was at an all-time low of less than 30%, down …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"My Lords, following on from the previous question, new delivery methods are welcome but we need a workforce to implement them. As the noble Baroness said, it is concerning that not a single integrated care board currently holds the information on whether it has specialist allergy nurses employed in its …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"My Lords, to be helpful to the Minister, I know she will not be able to give an absolute commitment at the Dispatch Box, but with the Government’s 10-year health plan focusing on digital integration, will she commit to embedding a national allergy register within the single patient record, which …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for putting the Statement before us, but do so with a measure of frustration—a feeling shared by countless citizens. This frustration with the ongoing and deeply damaging resident doctors dispute is directed at both parties, the Government and the British Medical Association leadership. We …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"I want to ask what the Government’s view is. This actually changes the whole basis of the Mental Capacity Act. The Mental Capacity Act concerns existing capacity. These amendments move into retrospective or future capacity, which is completely incompatible with the Mental Capacity Act. Do the Government have any views …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"It is not an assumption. It is in the Bill that if the co-ordinating doctor is not the GP of the person seeking the assisted death, under Clause 10(3)(b)(ii) the co-ordinating doctor has to write to the GP practice to make it aware of the request...." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"My Lords, I think there is a misconception by the noble Lord on how modern general practice works through the electronic patient record. If the report goes to a GP, like any report does, it is clinically coded, and there would be a flag on the patient’s electronic patient record …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"The noble Baroness will know that, at present, an 18 to 25 year-old with a terminal diagnosis has the legal capacity to withdraw consent to treatment. Do they go through a different capacity assessment from somebody who is over 25?..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"I listened to the noble Baroness’s individual case. My question was very specific. Is somebody who is 25 or over given a different mental capacity assessment based on their wish to withdraw treatment from somebody who is 18 to 25? That is the specific question based on what the noble …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech
"My Lords, following on from the previous question, to address the major barrier of donor inconvenience, will the Government look urgently at consulting employers and unions on a national campaign to encourage the adoption of a “donate time” policy, offering a flexible blood break for employees to attend donation sessions …..." Lord Scriven - View Speech