Baroness Smith of Newnham

Record by topic

1. Palliative & end of life care173rd of 57310.0
2. Learning disability & autism548th of 9676.0
3. Mental health594th of 8694.0
4. Unpaid carers145th of 2774.0
5. Dementia206th of 2452.0
6. NHS waiting lists463rd of 5302.0
7. Cancer495th of 6132.0

What they’ve said

• “…We came to the Bill from different perspectives. As noble Lords know, I am not in favour of the principle of assisted dying. However, my view has always been that the role of your Lordships’ House is clear: it is to scrutinise and amend legislation.”

  Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “…Before my father went into a nursing home, there was a period when I assumed he had dementia. He was becoming more and more vague. He was on a new medication, and over time the doctors had said, “Double the medication”, then, “Quadruple the medication”, and he became more and more vague and did not seem to know who I w…”

  Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-06 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “I can see a point to that, but the message I was given by the mental health practitioner who rang me from the mental health team—I think he was a psychiatrist—was basically that once somebody is in a home, these tests become much more difficult because of the nature of the environment.”

  Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-06 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “…he came away with from speaking to a doctor on the telephone—the doctor had never met him—was, “It’s pancreatic cancer”. My father then spent weeks saying goodbye to all his relatives and friends. By the time relevant tests had been done, it was shown that he did not have pancreatic cancer.”