Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 17 Mar 2014 NHS: Midwives
"My Lords, given that the Commons Public Accounts Committee believes that there is a shortfall of around 2,300 midwives and that the NSPCC has computed that number at 5,000, does the Minister acknowledge that we are beginning to get anecdotal evidence, certainly in Chester in the north-west, of maternity services …..." Lord Harrison - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister may recall that last September I shared with him my concern at the ever-rising alcoholic content of wines that are on sale in supermarkets and the need for greater provision of lower percentage wines so that the consumer can indeed make a choice. What progress has …..." Lord Harrison - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the quality of healthcare available to diabetics with eye problems...." Lord Harrison - View Speech
"My Lords, given the decline in the regular and important annual check-up for diabetics, does the Minister acknowledge that the retinopathy screening for diabetics introduced by the previous Government is being undermined and underresourced? On cataract operations, will the Minister explain why, among our European Union colleagues, we are the …..." Lord Harrison - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris, who is a distinguished member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes, so admirably led by our colleague in the Commons, Adrian Sanders.
"Given that the National Health Service has much to learn from other health services and best practice elsewhere in Europe and the wider world, what methods will the Government adopt to promote that interchange? Will the noble Lord give an example of such an exchange which has benefited medical practice …..." Lord Harrison - View Speech
"My Lords, the point at issue is surely this: that to prevent the four out of five needless amputations that currently take place, Her Majesty’s Government need to respond to the Question of my noble friend Lord Kennedy by saying how they will ensure that there are those multidisciplinary groups …..." Lord Harrison - View Speech
"My Lords, as a type 1 diabetic of 43 years’ standing, I have received unparalleled support from the NHS and, in recent decades, from health professionals in Chester and Liverpool. I am ever grateful for their continuing expertise and engagement. However, recently I have witnessed a worrying decline in the …..." Lord Harrison - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his repudiation of the intemperate remarks made at the other end about type 2 diabetes. I share his acknowledgement of the width and the depth of this debate, in which so many interesting individual contributions were made. I thank colleagues who have …..." Lord Harrison - View Speech