Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Thyroid Patients: Liothyronine
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a thyroid patient and as patron of several thyroid charities. As my noble friend the Minister is aware, there are many patients suffering a misinterpretation of “routinely” in the advice that
“T3 should not be routinely prescribed”.
“Routinely” could mean either “regularly” or …..."Lord Borwick - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 28th October 2020
Asked by:
Lord Borwick (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the WannaCry ransomware attack on the NHS, what instructions were provided to (1) NHS, and (2) Public Health England (PHE), staff about the importance of software updates; what assessment they have made of whether the PHE Excel errors, resulting in COVID-19 cases being unreported, were related to a lack of software updates; and what plans they have to ensure that PHE uses appropriate database software to record and analyse COVID-19 data in future.
Answered by Lord Bethell
All health and care organisations that have access to National Health Service patient data must annually complete NHS Digital’s Data Security and Protection Toolkit. The Protection Toolkit includes guidance on how to manage out of date software. To meet the standard required, organisations must operate on supported systems or have plans in place to mitigate the risk such as segregating those machines from the network. NHSX and NHS Digital are also supporting NHS organisations to upgrade their existing Microsoft Windows operating systems to Windows 10 and to deploy Advanced Threat Protection. This gives oversight of cyber activity at device level across the NHS and whether they have installed updated software to protect them from cyber threats.
Written Question
Tuesday 13th October 2020
Asked by:
Lord Borwick (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fax machines are regularly used in the NHS.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Fax machines and associated consumables were removed from the NHS Supply Chain catalogue in January 2019, and we continue to support the National Health Service with digital transformation to remove the need for outdated technology, including fax machines.
We have not requested further information on fax machine usage from trusts during the COVID-19 outbreak, in order to reduce the burden on systems.
Written Question
Thursday 31st October 2019
Asked by:
Lord Borwick (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress NHS England has made to commission MR-guided focused ultrasound for patients with essential tremor.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
NHS England is part way through the process of developing a clinical commissioning policy for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for treating essential tremor. Stakeholder engagement will be taking place in the next few weeks. If there is a need for additional investment to support the introduction of this new service this will be considered in the next relative prioritisation round, alongside other interventions requiring new investment.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published interventional procedure guidance on the use of MRgFUS as a treatment for essential tremor in June 2018. A copy of Unilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treatment-resistant essential tremor is attached.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Jul 2019
Lung Health
"My Lords, I declare my interest as in the register. Does my noble friend agree that air quality is vital for lung health and will she comment on the distressing fact that lung diseases are strongly correlated with poverty, and that air quality is worst in poor areas?..."Lord Borwick - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2018
Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) Regulations 2018
"My Lords, I declare an interest in this debate, as I am a patron of both the British Thyroid Foundation and the Thyroid Trust. I have heard it said that, somewhere in the Lords, there is always an expert on any subject raised; all I can claim is personal experience. …..."Lord Borwick - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Smoking-Related Diseases
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for raising this important Question for debate at the behest of my noble friend, and I declare my interests as a long-standing trustee of the British Lung Foundation. I know from its extensive work that the health of lungs is strongly correlated with …..."Lord Borwick - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Feb 2015
Mental Health Services: Sign Language Users
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of the Ewing Foundation for deaf children.
I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for again raising for debate important issues on deafness, but I rather disagree with the noble Lord on the definition of deafness. It should not …..."Lord Borwick - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 16 Jan 2014
Mesothelioma: Research Funding
"My Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of the British Lung Foundation. Lung diseases are predominantly diseases of the poor because they are often associated with tobacco. Because of this association, there is a strange guilt attached to lung disease, and so the level of research generally into …..."Lord Borwick - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 16 Jan 2014
Mesothelioma: Research Funding
"I thank the Minister for that news. I also have a copy of the letter. The £250,000 is very useful, but it is less than one single claim from a sufferer of this disease. This has to be a short-term solution. If the voluntary agreement mentioned by the noble Earl …..."Lord Borwick - View Speech
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