Results 1-20 of 75 for speaker:Baroness Wheeler

Care Bill [HL]: Second Reading (21 May 2013)

Baroness Wheeler: I thank the Minister for his very thorough and comprehensive introduction to the Bill. When the Care Bill was discussed last week in our debates on the Queen’s Speech, there were six overarching themes in the contributions from noble Lords. First, there was a general welcome for the reform and consolidation of social care law, which we on these Benches initiated and strongly support in...

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, I should like to speak on the Care Bill, which, as my noble friend Lord Hunt has stressed, is recognised as an important step towards providing a consolidated legislative framework for our social care system based on the excellent report from the Law Commission, which we established to streamline and unify social care law. The Bill implements 66 of the commission’s 77...

Care Quality Commission — Question (14 March 2013)

Baroness Wheeler: To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they propose to take in the light of the findings of the Care Quality Commission's home care inspection review Not Just a Number.

Care Quality Commission — Question (14 March 2013)

Baroness Wheeler: I thank the noble Earl for his response and welcome the CQC's positive findings on the 75% of home care services it inspected. However, the 25% of failing providers are a cause for deep concern, particularly as regards the number of late or missed calls and their complete failure to have systems to document, assess or monitor the quality of care they are supposed to deliver. Where there is a...

Health and Social Care Act — Statement (5 March 2013)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, I thank the Minister for reading out the response to the Urgent Question in another place. While we welcome the climbdown on the regulations, can he appreciate the sheer disbelief and consternation across the House at the regulations, coming as they do after the recent SI on local Healthwatch that even the Government's own supporters described as complex, draconian and muddled?...

NHS: South London Healthcare Trust — Private Notice Question (8 January 2013)

Baroness Wheeler: I thank the Minister for repeating the Answer to the Urgent Question. We commend the work of the trust special administrator and support a number of the recommendations developed from previous reviews. However, it is difficult to understand how the Government consider this report to constitute the full strategic review of the sustainability of services across south-east London that is...

Social Care — Motion to Take Note (29 November 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Pitkeathley for securing this debate and for once again giving us the opportunity to place a spotlight on the growing crisis in social care provision and funding as well as on the importance of developing joined-up services between the NHS and local authorities and within and across the range of services that local councils provide. As usual, my...

Social Care: Apprenticeships — Question (29 November 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they are making on establishing social care apprenticeships; and how voluntary registration of social care workers will assist apprentices and staff to provide the quality of care required in domiciliary and community settings.

Social Care: Apprenticeships — Question (29 November 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: I thank the Minister for his response and welcome the progress being made. As he knows, apprentices will join the current social care workforce of 1.6 million, more than two-thirds of whom now work in the voluntary, independent and private sectors or are employed directly by service users in their homes. Given the Government's desire to have only a voluntary register for social care staff,...

Health: Neurological Services — Question for Short Debate (20 November 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, I too would like to thank my noble friend Lady Ford for initiating this debate. Like others, I pay tribute to her work as honorary president of Epilepsy Action and as a campaigner for improved services for people with neurological conditions. As usual, we were fortunate in this debate to have contributions from noble Lords with huge experience and expertise in this field, either as...

NHS: Women Doctors — Question (6 November 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, I am sure the Minister will agree that recruiting women into the medical profession is just as vital as retaining them once they are trained and working. Given the high costs of university fees and the burden that these place on young people, particularly those from poorer backgrounds and those with family and caring responsibilities, how will the Government ensure that women are...

Care and Support — Statement (11 July 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for the Statement. I am sure the House will agree that we have all waited a long time for this spring White Paper, and now the Government have finally managed to publish it by the skin of their teeth, with just 10 days to go before the Recess. Notwithstanding what is actually in it, we can at least take comfort that the White Paper's publication at last fires...

Dementia — Question for Short Debate (28 June 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, this has been a comprehensive and authoritative debate on one of the major health and care challenges facing us today: namely, how we provide treatment, care and support for people suffering from dementia and ensure that their families, carers and the staff in hospitals, care homes and those who come to the patient's own home can help them have the best quality of life and care. As...

Care Homes — Question (27 June 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take in the light of the finding of the Care Quality Commission's recent unannounced inspections of care homes and treatment centres for people with learning disabilities, that around half of those inspected were not meeting essential standards of care.

Care Homes — Question (27 June 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, in its inspection of care homes and assessment centres in the light of the serious abuse and appalling standards of care at Winterbourne View hospital for people with learning disabilities, the CQC found that of the 150 inspections it carried out, independent healthcare providers were twice as likely to fail to meet the required standards as NHS providers. How does the Minister...

Older People: Health and Social Care — Question (18 June 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: My Lords, the recommendations of the Delivering Dignity report focus on tackling the underlying causes of poor care in hospitals and residential care. As the Minister knows, there is widespread concern among key stakeholders, including voluntary organisations, care professionals and care providers, about the serious impact that the growing crisis in social care funding is having on providing...

Social Care: Legislation — Question (11 June 2012)

Baroness Wheeler: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timetable for the draft Bill to modernise adult care and support in England announced in the Queen's Speech and to what extent the proposals in the Bill follow the recommendations of the Dilnot commission.