Biography
Lord Winston has been highly active on health and social care, delivering 26 debate speeches across nine topics including maternity services, dementia, cancer, assisted dying, and NHS workforce issues. His contributions reflect his medical background, frequently questioning Government ministers on clinical matters such as the reliability of dementia screening tests, the multifactorial nature of cancer diagnosis, access to brain imaging technologies, and the ethical considerations surrounding end-of-life care. He has also engaged in committee work, with his speeches demonstrating sustained focus on assisted dying legislation and drawing on both empirical evidence and practical clinical experience.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…First, as has been said, these people come to hospital not to access maternity services but to have a baby. They are not ill. That is different from the rest of the NHS, even though they are in the NHS.”
Record by topic
- Cancer63rd of 62222.0
- Assisted dying58th of 37114.0
- Rare diseases44th of 2026.5
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Dementia101st of 2514.0
- Heart disease & stroke150th of 3984.0
- Mental health603rd of 8804.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
What they’ve said
“…could end up with much more unnecessary worry for people who, for all sorts of reasons, believe that they have dementia when actually they are simply being a bit forgetful.”
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ommendable, and we are glad to hear what the Government are saying, but does she agree that one problem is that cancer is really a multimorbidity, so that often a number of different organs will be affected by it? Does she further agree that we might do more to hasten diagnosis for patients who may be suspected of havi…”
Rare Cancers: Diagnosis and Treatment · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Kingdom because, although they might change healthcare in amazing ways, they will be far more expensive than assisted dying. How does that work? Perhaps the noble Lord could briefly explain to me why it seems wrong that we might be depriving the Welsh of something that is much wanted, simply because we cannot find the…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…action, tests and usage of these drugs in a number of sovereignties where they have been used successfully for assisted dying.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They were medically qualified elsewhere but had not yet been in Britain and were still junior doctors, in a sense. I am really concerned that there are many such people who come to Britain, do a postdoctoral degree such as a PhD and, in the meantime, keep their medical skills flowing, as I did myself.”
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill · 2026-02-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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