Biography
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster has engaged on health and social care through ten debate speeches, addressing heart disease and stroke, mental health, cancer, and public health prevention. Her contributions reflect a focus on holistic patient care and reducing regional inequalities, including advocacy for cholesterol management integrated with other health conditions, mental health adviser expansion in jobcentres, and addressing cancer research investment disparities in Yorkshire. She has also highlighted the relationship between deprivation and cardiovascular disease outcomes, and emphasised the importance of seamless mental health service transitions for young people.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…The 10-year plan also talks about cholesterol management due to its links to cardiovascular disease, but the plan can quite often be confusing for the patient in terms of the care that is provided. A simple example would be suggesting that cheese is bad for cholesterol but good for osteoporosis.”
Record by topic
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Public health & prevention373rd of 6884.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
What they’ve said
“…gh health advisers in jobcentres who could help by referring them quickly? I know that there are some pilots on mental health advisers, but can she look at whether this could perhaps be extended through the trailblazers?…”
Jobcentres: Staffing Levels · 2025-10-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned research. Is she aware that the White Rose Cancer Report from Yorkshire Cancer Research showed big regional inequalities in diagnosis and research investment? Can she confirm that the national cancer plan will look at the recommendations from that report and at how we ca…”
Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies · 2025-07-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that because the ECHR is committed to upholding the right to free and fair elections, those who advocate leaving the convention should understand that it would send a strong negative signal about the UK’s commitment to strengthening democracy and would undermine the wor…”
European Convention on Human Rights · 2025-07-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…As a former Health Minister who had some responsibility in this area, I know that cardiovascular illness can be particularly prevalent in areas of high deprivation.”
Cardiovascular Illnesses · 2025-06-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…DRI’s bid for urgent work to the tower block would do just that; for example, by stroke services having a same-day emergency care centre linked to the in-patient ward with a knock-on effect on vascular services. That is all impossible with the current state of the hospital.”
Doncaster Royal Infirmary · 2025-05-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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