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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 07 Feb 2020
Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I support the Bill and I thank my noble friend Lady Finlay for her persistence in seeking improvements to this crucial but neglected area of care. My father spent his final days in a hospice, and while his death was, of course, a matter of great sadness, the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 06 Feb 2020
NHS: Targets

"My Lords, much of the context for this debate is set by the targets that NHS England has laid down for the delivery of its services. There has been much discussion of the appropriateness of these targets, but we can draw some general conclusions from the persistent failure of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 May 2018
Breast Cancer Screening

"My Lords, the Minister referred to IT and QA failings, and has recently been answering questions about data security. An independent review into the breast cancer screening programme is clearly important and welcome, but how confident is he that the sorts of failings he has talked about do not exist …..."
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Written Question
Mefloquine: Veterans
Tuesday 12th December 2017

Asked by: Lord Stirrup (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) identify, (2) monitor, and (3) assist, those veterans who were prescribed mefloquine while in the military before the introduction of recent safeguards.

Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy

Any veteran presenting to his or her National Health Service general practitioner (GP) with side effects of any medication will receive care in line with national guidelines.

In making a clinical judgement about any patient, the GP will consider a number of factors, including relevant medical history, and will be treated appropriately. GP registration forms include a section to complete if a patient has served in the armed forces. Armed forces’ medical records can be accessed by NHS clinicians.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Veterans: Mental Health

"My Lords, the Lariam case is a severe one, and I understand that the manufacturers acknowledge the link on the packaging of the drug. More broadly, the Armed Forces covenant is an acknowledgment of the debt and duty that society owes to its veterans, but one challenge for those providing …..."
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