Biography
Baroness Altmann has engaged primarily through debate speeches on health and social care topics, with particular focus on unpaid carers and elderly care, including advocacy for carer's allowance reform and concerns about winter fuel payment changes affecting pensioners. She has also raised issues around women's health strategy, notably fracture liaison clinics for osteoporosis, and acknowledged the cost-saving role of health research charities to the NHS. Her contributions reflect consistent concern for vulnerable groups, particularly lower-income older people and family carers.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“I have one further question. There are at least two issues at stake. First, the data protection legislation forced Aviva to send all the names and addresses of its shareholders on its register, even though this company wished to write to only a very small subsection of them.”
Record by topic
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Elderly care & frailty67th of 2364.0
- Cancer332nd of 6224.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)122nd of 1422.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
- Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
What they’ve said
“…DEXA scanners, too—but could she comment on the comments made by some radiographers that there are staff shortages in operating those and say whether there is anything that the Government can do about it?…”
Women’s Health Strategy · 2026-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I agree with every word that the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has just said. I declare my interests as a non-executive director of a pension administration company and a board adviser to a master trust.”
Pension Schemes Bill · 2026-04-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…f auto-enrolment but we have to also balance fairness to members who have paused temporarily, whether it is for unpaid carers’ leave—perhaps a relative who is terminally ill and it has gone on for slightly over the one year, but their money may have been moved before they get back to their employer—with the costs to pr…”
Pension Schemes Bill · 2026-04-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…e need for build-to-rent might be or the need for social housing that is disability friendly or friendly for an ageing population. These areas are not necessarily the focus of some of the private sector housebuilders.”
Pension Schemes Bill · 2026-01-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…South Humberside NHS Trust is working with the Israeli firm Taliaz, with its AI technology supporting mental health patients; that is just one small example. Israel is a recognised global leader in digital health, biotech and medical innovations, as we have heard from other noble Lords.”
Israel: Trade · 2026-01-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
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