Biography
Baroness Pitkeathley has made 27 debate speeches across health and social care topics, with unpaid carers as a dominant and recurring focus throughout her contributions. She has consistently raised concerns about carers' rights at hospital discharge, the financial and employment pressures facing carers, and the need for preventive approaches to social care—drawing on evidence from Carers UK reports and her role as vice-president of the organisation. Her engagement has also encompassed broader health system issues including dementia awareness, delayed hospital discharges, and the interdependencies between NHS care and social care provision.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…nt contributions of a neighbourhood health service is in the preventive work that it does—things like exercise, smoking cessation, addiction counselling, and so on.”
Record by topic
- Unpaid carers12th of 28340.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking19th of 1396.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing103rd of 3024.0
- Mental health603rd of 8804.0
- Adult social care & reform161st of 3764.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Dementia211th of 2512.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Carers UK report The ‘tipping point’: when unpaid carers can no longer combine caring with paid employment, published on 12 May, that 47% of carers are considering reducing their working hours or leaving paid employment because of the…”
Unpaid Carers · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They think that these are only small symptoms of confusion and do not want to go for the full diagnosis on dementia. Would the public awareness campaign, mentioned from the other Benches, also include encouragement to families and carers to seek that diagnosis?…”
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In the past I have had cause to complain that the NHS did not pay sufficient attention to the contribution of unpaid carers, nor seek to meet their needs as well as those of the patient.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which unpaid carers are consulted before a patient is discharged from hospital, and what plans they have to monitor this.”
Unpaid Carers: Patient Hospital Discharge · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The survey from Carers UK shows that the number of carers being consulted is decreasing rapidly. Although I fully understand the pressure on the NHS at the point of discharge and the difficulties of securing proper social care support, does my noble friend agree that it is very short-sighted not to consult carers at th…”
Unpaid Carers: Patient Hospital Discharge · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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