“…So let us start with simple questions: who is using the NHS and why? What can we do about it and where? Waiting lists remain stubbornly high—above 6 million. Healthy life expectancy has fallen to around 61.”
Record by topic
- Mental health101st of 89036.0
- Learning disability & autism142nd of 90528.0
- Medical ethics & regulation19th of 22824.0
- Public health & prevention92nd of 70016.0
- Palliative & end of life care87th of 54016.0
- Health inequalities30th of 30112.0
- Adult social care & reform44th of 40012.0
- Dentistry access67th of 1976.0
- GP access53rd of 2496.0
- Cancer247th of 6436.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing109th of 3144.0
- Children's health52nd of 1674.0
- Maternity & neonatal231st of 4534.0
- NHS waiting lists311th of 5464.0
- A&E & ambulance response108th of 2724.0
- Dementia223rd of 2642.0
- Unpaid carers258th of 2962.0
- Diabetes161st of 2012.0
- Rare diseases175th of 2072.0
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What they’ve said
“My Lords, enough is enough. Currently, with everything in place, people living with a learning disability still die on average 20 years earlier than their non-learning disabled peers.”
People with Learning Disabilities: Acute Illness · 2026-07-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death report Acute illness in people with a learning disability, published on 11 June; and whether they intend to ensure those recommendations are implemented by NHS Trusts.…”
People with Learning Disabilities: Acute Illness · 2026-07-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In its report, Safety, Equity and Expertise, the RCN warned that the specialist learning disability nursing workforce is in absolute crisis. In autumn 2025—the first academic intake under this Government—we see a catastrophic collapse in the pipeline.”
Healthcare Services: Acute, Primary and Community · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, following on from my noble friend’s question and the Minister’s answer, there is no definition in the department of preventable spending. Will the new modern service framework determine a definition of what preventable spending is so that it can be tracked over time to see whether prevention is becoming the n…”
Resistant Hypertension · 2026-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Yet in the answer to a recent FoI request, 80% of ICBs indicated that they could not identify their spending on learning disability services. Will the Minister acknowledge that without the basic financial data, the current system provides a perfect screen for ICBs to quietly raid learning disability budgets to cover ac…”
Integrated Care Boards: Budgets · 2026-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
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