Biography
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches across eight areas including GP access, NHS workforce staffing, and cancer services. Her contributions on these health topics focused on specific issues: inadequate tenure security for junior doctors in training, unacceptable 62-day cancer referral waiting times, the importance of maintaining community hospitals, and access to healthcare in rural areas. Her engagement reflects a consistent concern with healthcare provision, particularly in rural settings and workforce planning.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“To ask His Majesty’s Government whether funding will be available under the Sustainable Farming Incentive to permit farmers to undertake environmental measures for the purposes of flood prevention and drought resilience.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- GP access205th of 2412.0
- A&E & ambulance response222nd of 2582.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I welcome that Answer and the information. I also welcome the department’s recently published independent report on flourishing uplands, which highlights graphically the tensions between farmers and environmentalists.”
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Flood Prevention and Drought Resilience · 2026-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…h situations where, for example, surface water flooding combines with sewage in combined sewers and can cause a public health issue by coming into people’s homes, forcing them to be evacuated.”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-03-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Does the Minister agree that some of the most natural, sustainable and environmentally beneficial projects are those such as Slowing the Flow at Pickering, which has prevented Pickering flooding in recent years? Will he use his good offices to ensure that farmers will be reimbursed through environmental land management…”
Flood Detection and Prevention: Technological Assistance · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Baroness, Lady Blake, sitting beside her, know of my interest in this subject, particularly in relation to junior doctors in training. As we have heard, they do not have a sufficient number of specialty job vacancies offered to them, and they have no security of tenure.”
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I understand that resident doctors are concerned about the inability to plan ahead for training places, and want to have a place that will last for up to a year or longer.”
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action · 2025-12-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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