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Ranks 861st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 68%. 5 contributions since 2024-10-10.
“…I also was a vice-chair of the review of the Mental Health Act, which reported in 2018 and is relevant, because I very strongly support this amendment to which I have added my name. It is something that the review did not address. We should have done.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We first started talking about the reforms to the mental health legislation eight years ago, when we set up the review of the legislation under Sir Simon Wessely, and I was the vice-chair. It reported in 2018—seven years ago—and it was not even a very radical rethink of our mental health legislation.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and of the Whittington Health NHS Trust, which provides child and adolescent mental health services. I was also one of the vice-chairs of the independent review of the Mental Health Act in 2018, which feels like a long time ago.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-01-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Lords, and particularly the Minister, to push as hard as possible for funding for these reforms and the mental health system as a whole. It really is needed and if we do not do that, whatever we legislate will make precious little difference to what happens. That is what we ought to worry about.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2024-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If we had Care England’s proposal for a national tariff of £1,500 per week for intermediate care for people coming out of hospital, people would be able to get out of hospital and we would be able to free up some beds and make the system work better. That is one small thing we could do.”
Social Care Strategy · 2024-10-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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