Baroness Watkins of Tavistock

House of Lords

Crossbench

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

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Ranks 355th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 28%. 27 contributions since 2024-07-19.

Record by topic

“…As a mental health nurse, I firmly believe that to be true. For these residents and others in similar situations, these amendments are necessary so that the problems can be properly assessed and potential solutions identified in this Parliament.”
Social Housing Bill [HL] · 2026-07-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…am convinced that what we did was wrong, and that there will be some people who will not be convinced that NHS mental health support is necessarily the best solution; for some people, NHS counselling may not be appropriate.”
Historical Forced Adoption · 2026-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…particular more senior midwives on duty at night? As well as employing more midwives, can we look, through the NHS workforce plan, at putting both general nurses and mental health nurses on fast-track midwifery courses so that we have experts in other areas working in midwifery?…”
National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation · 2026-07-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, will the Minister comment on the Government’s position on the rollout of anti-obesity drugs? The preliminary findings indicate that they will reduce the amount of dementia in future populations. Although that is experimental, it is really important that we look at it.”
Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Access to Experimental Drugs · 2026-06-03 ·