Baroness O'Loan
House of Lords
CrossbenchBaroness O'Loan's full title is The Baroness O'Loan DBE MRIA. Her name is Nuala Patricia O'Loan, and she is a current member of the House of Lords. Sits on the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 187th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 15%. 47 contributions since 2024-09-04.
What they’ve raised
Baroness O'Loan has engaged extensively on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill through 40 debate speeches, raising substantive concerns about safeguards for vulnerable groups including those with disabilities, mental health problems, and learning disabilities. Her contributions have focused on specific procedural protections—such as requiring palliative care discussions before assisted dying is mentioned, establishing conscience clauses for healthcare practitioners, and ensuring independent advocacy—with repeated reference to comparative legislation in Australia and New Zealand. She has also tabled multiple amendments and raised concerns about the adequacy of impact assessments and the Bill's constitutional scrutiny.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care22nd of 55256.0
- Assisted dying17th of 34754.0
- Mental health219th of 86716.0
- Cancer118th of 61314.0
- Dementia18th of 24512.0
- Learning disability & autism366th of 89810.0
- Heart disease & stroke146th of 3864.0
- Public health & prevention371st of 683
What they’ve said
“…ection for the vulnerable, the weak, the poor, the disabled, the sick, those with suicidal ideation, those with mental health problems and all those whom we have identified. Many of us have concluded that this Bill is not safe and have worked to try to make it safer.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Think of the pressures of bed-blocking and budgets in the NHS. Regrettably, many of the amendments that the noble and learned Lord tabled weaken safeguards for which the MPs voted—such as explicit domestic abuse training or the mandatory independent advocate presence—under the guise of tidying up the Bill.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Physicians, the British Geriatrics Society, the Law Society, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the organisation Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…as well as others, through an opt-in system, which would allow doctors and others who are willing to engage in assisted suicide to register their position and thereby provide a framework by which their rights are clear and practitioners are not subject to organisational pressure to engage with elements of the process…”