Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
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Ilora Gillian Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, is a Welsh
doctor
, professor
of palliative medicine, and an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords
.
She is a past president of the Royal Society of Medicine
. She is a
professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine
, and is consultant at the Velindre cancer centre in Cardiff
. In 2001, she was made a life peer
as Baroness Finlay of Llandaff.
In 2003 she proposed a bill to ban smoking in public buildings in Wales, three years before it was eventually implemented.
In 2007, Lady Finlay introduced a private members bill seeking to change the current system of organ donation from 'opt in' to 'opt out'. Parliamentary timing did not allow for this bill to proceed but the principle continues to be debated. Two years later she succeeded in changing government policy on organ donation to allow potential organ donors to be able to specify a family member of close friend to whom they wish to donate their organ(s).
In March 2010, Baroness Finlay sponsored the Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill as it reached the House of Lords for scrutiny. With just weeks before the forthcoming general election, Baroness Finlay, with the Government and Opposition frontbenchs' support, took the MP Julie Morgan
's private members' bill through its final stages, to Royal Assent
.
Baroness Finlay chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well (www.dyingwell.org.uk). This group of MP's and Peers was established to promote palliative care and oppose legalised euthanasia.
She is a Patron of the charities the Trussell Trust's foodbank network in Wales, and the Motor Neurone Disease Association
. She is also patron of Student Volunteering Cardiff
She was a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
and is a Member of its inaugural Council.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of palliative medicine, and an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
.
She is a past president of the Royal Society of Medicine
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...
. She is a
professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine
Cardiff University School of Medicine
Cardiff University School of Medicine was founded in 1893 when the Departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Bacteriology were founded at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire , in the same year. Students finishing their preclinical studies at Cardiff went on to...
, and is consultant at the Velindre cancer centre in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
. In 2001, she was made a life peer
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
as Baroness Finlay of Llandaff.
In 2003 she proposed a bill to ban smoking in public buildings in Wales, three years before it was eventually implemented.
In 2007, Lady Finlay introduced a private members bill seeking to change the current system of organ donation from 'opt in' to 'opt out'. Parliamentary timing did not allow for this bill to proceed but the principle continues to be debated. Two years later she succeeded in changing government policy on organ donation to allow potential organ donors to be able to specify a family member of close friend to whom they wish to donate their organ(s).
In March 2010, Baroness Finlay sponsored the Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill as it reached the House of Lords for scrutiny. With just weeks before the forthcoming general election, Baroness Finlay, with the Government and Opposition frontbenchs' support, took the MP Julie Morgan
Julie Morgan
Julie Morgan AM is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010; she is married to former First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan. Julie Morgan won the Cardiff North seat in the Welsh Assembly in the 2011 elections.-Early life,...
's private members' bill through its final stages, to Royal Assent
Royal Assent
The granting of royal assent refers to the method by which any constitutional monarch formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law...
.
Baroness Finlay chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well (www.dyingwell.org.uk). This group of MP's and Peers was established to promote palliative care and oppose legalised euthanasia.
She is a Patron of the charities the Trussell Trust's foodbank network in Wales, and the Motor Neurone Disease Association
Motor Neurone Disease Association
The Motor Neurone Disease Association is a British charity, operating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, established in 1979 by a group of volunteers to coordinate care, support, and research for people affected by motor neurone disease .The aim of the MND Association is a world free of MND.The...
. She is also patron of Student Volunteering Cardiff
Student Volunteering Cardiff
Student Volunteering Cardiff is a registered UK charity run by students at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. It is the largest university student volunteering charity in the UK with approximately some 900 volunteers. Students volunteer in and around the city of Cardiff working with the elderly,...
She was a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
Learned Society of Wales
The Learned Society of Wales is a society that exists to “celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines”.The society was launched on 25 May 2010 at the National Museum of Wales...
and is a Member of its inaugural Council.