Lords debates cancer care
12 November 2010 (updated on 12 November 2010)
Improving the quality of life of people living with cancer was the subject of a House of Lords debate on Thursday 11 November
- Watch the debate on improving the quality of life of people living with cancer
- Lords Hansard: read a transcript of the debate
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench), professor of palliative medicine, introduced the debate. Other Members who took part included:
- Lord Beecham (Labour), Opposition spokesperson for health and former president of Bupa
- Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat), chair of the University of London School of Pharmacy and former trustee of Cancerbacup, a charity now merged with MacMillan Cancer Support, which was set up by his first wife who died of the disease
- Lord Crisp (Crossbench), former Permanent Secretary for Health and chief executive of the National Health Service
- Baroness Emerton (Crossbench), president of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and former member of the Science and Technology Sub-Committee on scientific aspects of ageing
- Lord Hameed (Crossbench), chair and chief executive of the London International Hospital
- Baroness Pitkeathley (Labour), vice-president of Carers UK, chair of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence and of the Specialised Healthcare Alliance
- Baroness Wall of New Barnet (Labour), chair of Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust
Lord Kinnock, Lord Wills, Baroness Masham of Ilton, Baroness Thornton, Viscount Bridgeman, Baroness Hussein-Ece, Lord Colwyn, Lord Kakkar, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin and Lord Howard of Lympne - who made his maiden speech as part of the debate - also took part in the debate. Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department of Health, spoke on behalf of the government.