Biography
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular emphasis on palliative and end-of-life care, cancer outcomes, and unpaid carers. Her contributions reflect both policy scrutiny and clinical expertise, spanning areas including mental health prevention, respiratory conditions, NHS workforce pressures, and A&E access, frequently drawing on her professional roles at Cardiff University and Velindre cancer centre. She has raised detailed technical and ethical concerns regarding assisted dying legislation, rare cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the effectiveness of public health interventions, often advocating for better monitoring and earlier intervention approaches.
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“…So, in the consultation, will the Government ask hospice bereavement counsellors—specifically those who see people on the ground face to face—for their comments? Often, managerial people higher up in the bereavement service may not know some of the details that have been extremely important to families and that may hav…”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care13th of 56882.0
- Assisted dying20th of 37148.0
- Mental health84th of 88044.0
- Cancer28th of 62236.0
- Public health & prevention72nd of 68818.0
- Children's health6th of 15718.0
- Heart disease & stroke28th of 39814.0
- A&E & ambulance response25th of 25812.0
- GP access19th of 24112.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing56th of 3028.0
- Dementia57th of 2518.0
- Elderly care & frailty27th of 2368.0
- Unpaid carers87th of 2838.0
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Rare diseases73rd of 2024.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)45th of 1424.0
- Adult social care & reform161st of 3764.0
- Diabetes62nd of 1904.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
What they’ve said
“…ICBs plan to use to monitor 24/7 access to services in the community? At the moment, the pressures are on emergency departments, where ever more patients arrive, because that is where the lights are on.”
Integrated Care Boards: Access to Services · 2026-09-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…rs are now adhering to the principles of Hugh’s law when there is a seriously or critically ill child and those unpaid carers are particularly severely affected. Will the consultation cover the issue of children who are very seriously ill? Will the Government also consider —and I declare my interest in Cardiff Universi…”
Unpaid Carers · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ubsidised from other income streams, but, as my noble friend Lord Trees highlighted, that model is fragile when international recruitment falls. To illustrate this, we cross-subsidised research by tens of millions of pounds in 2023-24, as well as receiving around 40% of UKRI funding coming to Wales in our major role in…”
Higher Education: Affordability and Quality · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Do the Government recognise that, as the report said, school staff often see the antecedents of mental health? Two areas where there is strong evidence are parental alcoholism, with a threefold increase in children considering suicide and a fivefold increase in eating disorders, and repeated physical punishment, partic…”
Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Minister assure us that the industry itself will not be involved in consultations and in designing public health programmes? To date, the tiny pictograms on bottles, particularly of wine and other alcohol products, are so small that they are ineffective.”
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
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