Written Question
Tuesday 1st September 2020
Asked by:
Lord Alderdice (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government why NHS dental practices have been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what assessment they have made of adequacy of the operation of such practices that have now reopened.
Answered by Lord Bethell
On 25 March NHS England and NHS Improvement issued guidance advising National Health Service dental practices to suspend all routine dentistry to meet the Government’s social distancing measures and to contain the spread of COVID-19. All NHS practices were required to offer telephone advice, triage and if required, painkillers or antibiotics. Practices then triaged patients who needed urgent face to face care into over 600 urgent dental centres set up across England.
All practices were able to open for face to face care from 8 June. Dentists have been free to restart the full range of face to face dentistry as far as they believe they can safely deliver this following Public Health England guidance on infection protection control procedures and appropriate levels of personal protective equipment. The letter offering guidance on this and a subsequent standard operating procedure guidance are attached.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Jul 2020
Social Care
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 24 Jun 2020
Personal Protective Equipment
"My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed and we come now to the third Oral Question, from the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire...."Lord Alderdice - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Mar 2020
Coronavirus Bill
"My Lords, I direct the House to my medical and research interests noted in the register. The Minister, in his excellent introduction to the debate, referred to the lessons from the 1914-18 war. I understand that reference and have some sympathy for it. However, my friend the anthropologist Scott Atran …..."Lord Alderdice - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Mar 2020
Covid-19: Helplines
"My Lords, I direct the House to my medical and other interests in the register. I have no doubt that NHS 111 and other helpline medical professionals and health professionals will give the best advice. But Professor John Ioannidis at Stanford University has pointed out that we are making major …..."Lord Alderdice - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2020
Contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy Drugs
"My Lords, when women go to the chemists to get their prescription, they might well find two problems. The first is the one the noble Baroness mentioned—inadequacy of supply—but it is also increasingly likely that pharmacists themselves will fall ill, so not only the advice, but even the dispensing of …..."Lord Alderdice - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Feb 2015
Women: Postnatal Depression
"My Lords, we know that one of the very important elements in support of women in the pre- and post-partum period is the quality of the relationship between the father and the mother of the child, and that where there is a problem in encouraging that, there is frequently difficulty. …..."Lord Alderdice - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 19th June 2014
Asked by:
Lord Alderdice (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether personality disorder services remain a priority commitment for the National Health Service; and if so, what guidance is provided to NHS England to ensure that quality services continue to be commissioned.
Answered by Earl Howe
- Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Personality disorder services remain a priority commitment for the National Health Service. In 2011 the Government published No health, without mental health, a cross Government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages which remains the Government's vision for improving services for people with mental health problems; this specifically includes people with personality disorders. The Mandate to NHS England makes clear that by March 2015, we expect NHS England to make measurable progress towards achieving true parity of esteem between mental and physical health and that everyone who needs it should have timely access to evidence-based services.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Dec 2013
World Innovation Summit for Health
"My Lords, it is extremely welcome that my noble friend has emphasised again that for the Government, under the Health and Social Care Act, parity of esteem between physical and mental health is to be maintained in this country. Perhaps I might press my noble friend a little further than …..."Lord Alderdice - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Dec 2013
Health: Talking Therapy
"My Lords, I entirely support my noble friend’s commitment to good outcomes, but those also require sufficient inputs. If the noble Baroness’s request for a right to talking therapy were implemented tomorrow, it would completely collapse because there simply are not enough trained therapists to provide the care that is …..."Lord Alderdice - View Speech
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