"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of increasing numbers of local pharmacy closures on primary healthcare services...." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response, but 65% of community pharmacies are now operating at a loss; 45% have been forced to rely on personal savings or remortgaging their own homes just to keep their doors open, mainly to vulnerable people with the highest levels of need. …..." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the relationship between (1) acute, and (2) primary and community, healthcare services...." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to open today’s debate on matters that are of such concern to so many people and which lie at the heart of our local communities. As we all know, health services are severely overstretched, whether in a local context or elsewhere. The systems …..." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for her remarks and her explanation. She is obviously very committed to her plan. I think it is fair to say from what we heard during the debate, which had strong contributions from both professional and patient experience, that people in this Chamber are not convinced …..." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"My Lords, the basic idea that the list of controlled drug precursor chemicals should be in sync across the UK and with international agreements that we have signed up to is a clear and reasonable one. More complicated is the process by which we have got here. It is also …..." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow my noble friend Lady Teather’s eloquent maiden speech, and I congratulate her on it and welcome her thoughtful remarks. In her speech, her expertise and experience as a former Minister for Children and Families shone through, and her long-term commitment to …..." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"My Lords, what have the Government done to engage local populations and groups in communities to ensure that local people have the chance to feed in to the plans for the new arrangements and engage more fully in voting, thereby lifting the voting figures?..." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendment 190 in my name would place an obligation on the Government to introduce devolved fiscal and revenue-raising powers within 12 months of the introduction of the Act. Fiscal devolution is the transfer of financial powers and responsibilities from central government to local authorities, enabling them to raise …..." Baroness Janke - View Speech
"I belatedly state my interest: I am a member of the LGPS. I apologise; I should have said that at the beginning of my speech, so I just put it on the record...." Baroness Janke - View Speech