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My Lords, I draw noble Lords’ attention to my registered interest as chairman of King’s Health Partners. In addition to addressing workforce concerns and driving a much-improved culture in the delivery of maternity services, the physical environment in which maternity services are delivered is critically important. These are very frequently delivered in some of the worst parts of the NHS...
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My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, and in so doing echo her remarks about the remarkable and customarily imaginative and enthusiastic way in which the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, introduced this debate. In so doing, I declare my interests as chairman of King’s Health Partners and the King’s Fund. It will be, of course, on the NHS modernisation...
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My Lords, Lord Stone of Blackheath, the subject of this report, resigned from your Lordships’ House in December last year. Soon after, the commissioner launched an investigation into three complaints, two made by visitors and a third by a member of staff in the Parliamentary Digital Service. The commissioner upheld all three complaints, finding that, in each case, Lord Stone’s behaviour...
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My Lords, this report is the outcome of the third detailed investigation into Lord Chadlington’s interactions with Ministers and advisers in the Department of Health and Social Care during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that Lord Chadlington retired from the House following publication of the Conduct Committee’s report, there is no Motion to suspend him on the Order Paper and I shall not...
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My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of King’s Health Partners. The Minister made reference to AI stethoscopes aiding in the diagnosis of patients with heart conditions. The evidence for this was established in a very large trial—the TRICORDER trial—involving some 1.5 million patients and more than 200 general practices in our country. What it demonstrated was, compared to the...
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My Lords, the Motion invites the House to approve the appointment of Dame Anne Rafferty as Commissioner for Standards for a five-year term and to approve the extension of the term of the existing commissioner, Martin Jelley, for a further three years. Since 2021, the House has appointed two commissioners who divide the duties of the role between them, and the last five years have demonstrated...
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My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. In so doing, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, on the very thoughtful way in which she has introduced this important Bill. I must remind noble Lords of my own registered interests as chairman of King’s Health Partners, chairman of UK Biobank and chairman the Office for Strategic...
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My Lords, much of the future improvement in productivity in the NHS is predicated on the adoption of innovative technologies. Is the Minister content that there is sufficient investment in the continuing development of the NHS workforce to facilitate the adoption of that technology and deliver that improvement in productivity?
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