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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Proof of Vaccination

"My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the National Autistic Society. My noble friend will be only too well aware that many on the autism spectrum are very IT-savvy. However, can he help those who would find it quite a challenge to phone 111? Is there any …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 17 May 2021
Social Care: Person-centred Dementia Care

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that future reforms to social care consider person-centred dementia care...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 17 May 2021
Social Care: Person-centred Dementia Care

"My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register as an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society and as a carer. This is Dementia Action Week. I am grateful to my noble friend and urge him that, as people with dementia are by far the majority of users of social …..."
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Written Question
Mental Health Services: Carers
Tuesday 30th March 2021

Asked by: Baroness Browning (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take support the mental health needs of frontline care workers in the charitable and not-for-profit sectors.

Answered by Lord Bethell

We have worked alongside the National Health Service and other organisations to provide a package of emotional, psychological and practical resources for all care workers, including those in the charitable and not-for-profit sectors. This package includes support helplines, guidance, bereavement resources and a bespoke package of support for registered managers. We have also worked with the sector to ensure that wellbeing resources and best practice advice are streamlined and easier to navigate.

Written Question
Carers: Living Wage
Monday 29th March 2021

Asked by: Baroness Browning (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of National Living Wage costs on care providers in the charitable sector.

Answered by Lord Bethell

The Department does not make separate assessments of the cost of the National Living Wage in respect of for-profit, local authority-run and not-for-profit providers, or at the level of individual providers.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 09 Mar 2021
World Health Organization: Pandemics

"The WHO website officially states that, on 30 January, it declared a public health emergency of international concern. It claims that not many countries took much notice and that it was not until it used the word “pandemic”, on 11 March, five weeks later, that people sat up and took …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Social Care Funding (EAC Report)

"My Lords, I fully support this report. There are one or two things in some of the detail of it that I would like to see tweaked, but the thrust of it is absolutely right. This is a national scandal and it is far beyond time that the Government started …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Covid-19: Vaccine

"My husband, who is 84 years old, received his Pfizer vaccine before Christmas and his second one last week was cancelled. Is there any guarantee that, when the second jab comes, it will be the Pfizer vaccine? As I understand, there has been no research on mixing and matching these …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2020
Care Quality Commission Report

"My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. My noble friend has not mentioned—and I would like to remind him of it—that in 2009 Parliament passed the Autism Act. It is the only medically diagnosed condition, apart from mental health, considered important enough to have its own Act …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Face-to-Face Medical Appointments

"I quite accept that there is a role for telemedicine, but an accurate diagnosis in cases of serious disease and illness is dependent not just on the questions that the doctor asks and the observations he makes but on the ability of the patient to give accurate information. I will …..."
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