Biography
Baroness Ritchie has engaged extensively on health and social care through 29 debate speeches covering a diverse range of topics, with particular emphasis on cancer care, vaccine policy, and end-of-life legislation. She has drawn on personal experience as a breast cancer survivor to advocate for earlier breast screening and improved cancer diagnostics, whilst also raising concerns about safeguards in assisted dying legislation and the need for stronger palliative care provision. Her contributions additionally span public health prevention measures, mental health funding, dementia diagnosis targets, and emerging health threats such as Ebola and respiratory syncytial virus.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, some three months ago I visited the Institute of Cancer Research at the Royal Marsden Hospital. I met several clinicians and research scientists, who were clear that innovation was vital in bringing forward therapies to deal with the various types of cancer.”
Record by topic
- Cancer63rd of 62222.0
- Public health & prevention117th of 68814.0
- Mental health454th of 8808.5
- Dementia60th of 2516.0
- Learning disability & autism586th of 8994.5
- Assisted dying170th of 3714.0
- Heart disease & stroke150th of 3984.0
- NHS waiting lists302nd of 5344.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Diabetes154th of 1902.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Rare diseases170th of 2022.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)122nd of 1422.0
- Adult social care & reform312th of 3762.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
- Health inequalities245th of 2882.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for her Answer. This Government, thankfully, have a direct focus on prevention. In view of that, the UK expert clinical consensus on renal denervation, published in the Heart journal, concluded that existing commissioning arrangements no longer accurately reflect current e…”
Resistant Hypertension · 2026-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I was delighted to be a member of the autism committee, under the very clear direction of our chairperson, the noble Baroness, Lady Rock. I was very grateful for the direction and guidance from the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, and my noble friend Lord Touhig, who have a particular interest and expertise in…”
New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report) · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the World Health Organization’s designation of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a public health emergency of international concern.”
Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: Ebola Outbreak · 2026-05-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank my noble friend the Minister for her response. Ebola cases and deaths are increasing on a daily basis, hence the designation by the World Health Organization.”
Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: Ebola Outbreak · 2026-05-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They want shorter waiting lists, faster diagnoses and services that work seamlessly together. Previous reforms back in 2011-12 created unnecessary fragmentation, something we have seen clearly in areas such as childhood vaccination programmes, which we are currently examining in the specialist Childhood Vaccinations Co…”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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