"My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s comment that this is a priority for the Government, but is it not the case that this whole issue about the overrepresentation of black and minority ethnic people in the mental health services has been going on for decades and is a scandal? For …..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made to improve race equality at senior management and board level in the National Health Service since the introduction of the National Health Service Workforce Race Equality Standard...." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord for that reply. Can he say why, since the report by Roger Kline on the,
“snowy white peaks of the NHS”,
progress in ensuring that senior management and trust boards are more equal has been so disappointing? It does not reflect the diverse workforce and …..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"My Lords, if, as anecdotal evidence suggests, there are such terminations of female foetuses, surely that would be reflected in the overall population of girls being born. The figures I have seen show that women are, thankfully, still in the majority in this country...." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend will be aware that early diagnosis in terms of getting support for children is very important, but very often these children are excluded from school—they end up in pupil referral units and are just generally not in school when they really need help. Is he …..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Minister give an assurance that, when ambulances are called out for patients who are having prolonged epileptic seizures, there will be qualified paramedics in attendance and that we shall not go back to the situation we had of several tragic cases where paramedics were not in …..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"My Lords, is my noble friend aware that there is significant evidence that two-thirds of local authorities have reduced their child and adolescent mental health service budgets since 2010, draining money from early intervention services, which, I think he will agree, is short-sighted and stores up problems for the future? …..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister said that this was about transparency, which of course it is. However, is it not also about consistency? There must be regions, boroughs or councils that are not using the money that has been allocated, which is surely to the detriment of the local community and …..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"Will the Minister reassure me that child and adolescent mental health services will be given sufficient weight in these discussions?..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech
"My Lords, is my noble friend aware that the Whittington Hospital, which serves a densely populated area of Islington and of Haringey, where there is no other hospital, suddenly announced in January without any proper consultation its major plans for reconfiguration, including changes to buildings and services? Those plans include …..." Baroness Hussein-Ece - View Speech