Biography
Lord Eatwell raised health and social care issues primarily through debate speeches focused on broader economic policy. He referenced NHS waiting lists as evidence of systemic economic neglect under the previous government, citing them as among the consequences of inadequate public investment alongside crumbling schools and struggling public services. While healthcare featured in his contributions, it was primarily used as an illustration of wider economic policy failures rather than as a detailed examination of specific health system challenges.
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“…Research potentially impacted includes work on new cancer treatments and battery design. The national research laboratories face the tightest squeeze: their funding is to fall by over half. Those are the national labs that developed radar, the computer and high-strength carbon fibre.”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
What they’ve said
“…e homes or domiciliary care, primary care providers, dentists, pharmacists, charitable providers of healthcare, hospice care, carers and part-time workers. She adds providers of education or childcare to children under five years of age, universities, providers of further or higher education, registered charities, hous…”
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill · 2025-02-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The failure is inherent in the ever-longer NHS waiting lists and a GP service that is virtually non-existent in many parts of the country. The neglect of hospital buildings means that many are now so dilapidated as to constitute a danger to the occupants.”
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill · 2025-01-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The black hole of Conservative economics is there for all to see: crumbling schools, the largest ever waiting list in the NHS, a wrecked criminal justice system, pothole-strewn roads, struggling local authorities and the lowest investment in the G7, with an economy on its knees from the neglect of the public sector and…”
Autumn Budget 2024 · 2024-11-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Even if they cannot do the arithmetic, they can see that the prisons are full, waiting lists in the NHS are the highest they have ever been, schools are crumbling and there is a lack of police on the streets. It is their failure.”
Budget: Taxes and Borrowing · 2024-11-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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