Biography
Lord Evans of Rainow has engaged extensively with health and social care through 22 debate speeches, with particular focus on end-of-life care and assisted dying, which featured prominently across multiple contributions in 2025-2026. His contributions have also addressed preventive healthcare, cancer outcomes, dementia treatments, rare diseases like myalgic encephalomyelitis, NHS workforce planning, and public health issues including opioid-related deaths. The peer has consistently advocated for early intervention in primary care, accessibility of new treatments on the NHS, and consideration of unpaid carers within healthcare planning.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…also recognise the potential benefits of neighbourhood health centres in bringing diagnostics, rehabilitation, mental health services and primary care together and closer to where people live. However, there are legitimate questions to be asked about pace and delivery.”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care154th of 56810.0
- Public health & prevention176th of 68810.0
- Assisted dying109th of 3718.0
- Mental health456th of 8808.0
- Dementia60th of 2516.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Cancer332nd of 6224.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing103rd of 3024.0
- Adult social care & reform161st of 3764.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Rare diseases170th of 2022.0
- Unpaid carers243rd of 2832.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for securing this important debate. I join others in paying tribute to the patients, families, clinicians, researchers and charities who have worked tirelessly to improve understanding of myalgic encephalomyelitis.”
Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The proportion of disabled NEET young adults who cite mental health as their main health problem has risen from 24% in 2011 to 42% in 2025. All those who fell into ill health-related economic inactivity between 2017 and 2019, almost eight in 10, were still NEET more than two years later.”
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment · 2026-06-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…As I say, I am a family man and have had two experiences of cancer. The first was my late sister, who died of pancreatic cancer. I was listening attentively to the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick, who mentioned a spray that can detect pancreatic cancer. That was not available until relatively recently.”
Cancer Outcomes in the UK · 2026-04-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Amendment 157 in my noble friend’s name “seeks to ensure that a doctor may not raise assisted suicide with a patient who has ‘opted-out”’. The statement on Amendment 158 in my name says: “The Bill appears to permit any doctor to raise ending a patient’s life, even if they have no prior relationship with the patient.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Shamash, mentioned a very moving story from his family regarding Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and I have a similar story but from a slightly different angle.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
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