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Written Question
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
Thursday 15th June 2023

Asked by: Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Markham on 19 April (HL Deb col 671), what are the legal remedies available in (1) criminal or civil law, or in (2) relevant employment contracts, for staff failing to keep or report medical data on the whole patient cohort which attended the Gender Identity Development Service.

Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

National Health Service providers are expected to handle all medical data in line with data protection and data retention policies and comply with reporting requirements placed on them by NHS England. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) for children and young people are commissioned on the terms of the NHS Standard Contract. These terms are mandated and include standard escalation and contract management terms applicable across NHS clinical services.

Written Question
Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of (1) children, and (2) adults, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in England saw a psychosocial professional in the last 12 months at their annual review.

Answered by Lord Kamall - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Personal Protective Equipment: Procurement

"My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register. I welcome the fact that the Minister intends to publish this information. I urge him to do so as rapidly as possible, as my noble friend Lady Hayter has suggested. Perhaps we could refine what sort of information would be …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Oct 2020
Covid-19: NHS Application

"My Lords, the uptake and positive development of the Covid app is likely to be greater if it picks up on all the testing regimes, enables the user to enter a unique code that they have been given and is front and centre of having tests available to record the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Sep 2020
Coronavirus

"My Lords, in the course of the pandemic, a significant number of contracts with private companies have been signed without tender and a number of these have been in areas such as PPE and test and trace. Most appear to have failed to deliver essential services and equipment—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Sep 2020
Coronavirus

"I do not think I can get much closer to the microphone without eating it.

In the course of the pandemic, a significant number of contracts have been issued to private companies without tender. What is the value of the contracts that have been signed without competitive tender? Will the …..."
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