Health: Osteoporosis

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Tuesday 19th October 2010 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Greengross]

My Lords—

[Lord Strathclyde]

My Lords, it is difficult for the House to decide between the noble Baronesses, both of whom I am sure noble Lords would like to hear. Perhaps if one takes priority over the other, we might get both in. I am asking for one of them to give way.

[Baroness Greengross]

My Lords, it is well known that if an elderly or frail person living at home has a fall which results in a hip fracture is monitored, a great deal of future pain, distress and huge expense to the NHS can be avoided. Does the Minister agree that installing a fracture liaison service in every health area would reduce this serious situation and that the Government ought to make public that aim?

Health: Prostate Cancer

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Monday 19th July 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord Lloyd-Webber]

My Lords—

[Lord Strathclyde]

My Lords, with respect to the noble Baroness, we have not heard from a Conservative, so perhaps we can hear from the noble Lord.

[Lord Lloyd-Webber]

My Lords, the Prostate UK charity reckons that 10,000 men a year die needlessly as a result of not being diagnosed with prostate cancer. I agree that the current PSA test is not wholly reliable, but will the Minister agree that all men over 50 should have the test and that their GPs should encourage them to do so?

Carers

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Wednesday 16th June 2010 Lords Chamber

[Noble Lords]

This side!

[Lord Strathclyde]

My Lords, if my noble friend asks a very quick question, we can get on with it.

[Lord Tebbit]

My Lords, is my noble friend aware that the cost of providing day care alone for a severely disabled person is something like £40,000 a year? Is he further aware that, while a woman who has chosen to have a child can set the costs of care against tax to get back to work, the spouse of a disabled person cannot do so?