{"id":353651,"date":"2025-11-14T09:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/?page_id=353651"},"modified":"2025-11-28T21:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:35:06","slug":"meet-baroness-ilora-finlay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/about-us\/our-team-of-experts\/meet-baroness-ilora-finlay\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Baroness Ilora Finlay"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"landing-banner hero-banner responsive-banner-block_6eeec6e2da33a9a6536b0dae57fbaa5f image-focal-point-right\"\n\t\t style=\"--hh-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 60%);--hh-mobile-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0.3), rgba(0,0,0,0.3));\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-2xl gap-l col-xl-6 col-lg-8 justify-content-center py-lg-11xl py-4xl align-items-lg-start align-items-center min-h\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-2xl gap-l align-items-lg-start align-items-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-s gap-s align-items-lg-start align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"m-0 text-shadow-hard gap-lg-xl gap-l d-flex flex-column align-items-lg-start align-items-center text-lg-start text-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fw-semibold text-white text-9xlarge\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet Baroness Ilora Finlay\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fw-semibold text-white text-xlarge m-0 p-0 text-shadow-hard text-lg-start text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConsultant in Palliative Medicine at Velindre Cancer Centre and Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5.webp\" class=\"hero-lcp-image\" alt=\"Meet Baroness Ilora Finlay\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1200px) 968px, (min-width: 992px) 968px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-300x114.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-1024x389.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-768x292.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-1536x583.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-2048x778.webp 2048w\" \/>\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<section class=\"container my-md-11xl my-2xl\">\n    <div class=\"row flex-row gap-lg-11xl gap-m\">\n        \n        <div class=\"col-lg-7 col-12\">\n                <div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-l gap-m\">\n\n    \n        <!-- Column 1: Text -->\n                    <h2 class=\"text-purple fw-bold text-start text-4xlarge m-0\">About Me<\/h2>\n        \n        \n    \n                    <div class=\"acf-wysiwyg-reset text-start\"><p>Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Velindre Cancer Centre and Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University.\u00a0 Established the Marie Curie Hospice in 1987 and the Diploma\/MSc in Palliative Medicine in 1989; lead for <a href=\"\/home-care-services\/fast-track-palliative-care\/\">Palliative Care<\/a> in Wales 2008-2017 and developed wider bereavement support.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"is-hh-subtitle\">Career Pathway<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Regarded as the first Consultant in Palliative Medicine in Wales in 1987, Ilora has played a leading role in the ongoing development of palliative and hospice services across Wales.<\/p>\n<p>She was a member of the &#8216;Expert Advisory Committee&#8217; on Cancers to the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales, working to produce the \u2018Calman Hine\u2019 report in 1995. Ilora currently chairs the implementation board for the palliative care strategy across Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Since her elevation to a Peerage in 2001, Baroness Finlay has actively been involved in debates on a number of health issues, particularly those relating to Health and Tobacco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n\n        \n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                    <!-- Column 2: Media -->\n            <div class=\"col-lg-5 col-12\">\n\n                                    <div class=\"w-100 h-100 position-relative overflow-hidden rounded-4 hh-defer-wrap\">\n                        \t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ilora-finlay-headshot-300x300-1.webp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ilora-finlay-headshot-300x300-1.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ilora-finlay-headshot-300x300-1-150x150.webp 150w\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"100vw\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"An older woman with short grey hair, glasses, and a friendly smile wears a bright red blazer over a colourful top, accessorised with a pearl necklace and brooch, posing against a plain grey background.\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"img-fluid w-100 rounded-4\"\n\t\t\t\tloading=\"eager\"\n\t\t\t\tdecoding=\"async\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t                        <div class=\"hh-skeleton rounded-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                \n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"row mt-lg-l mt-m\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 acf-wysiwyg-reset\">\n                <h2><span class=\"is-hh-subtitle\">Research &amp; Expertise<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>She is President of the Chartered Society for Physiotherapy, President of Attend; Vice President of Hospice UK and of Marie Curie Care. Past-President of BMA, RSM and Association for Palliative Medicine.<\/li>\n<li>Elected member of BMA Ethics Committee and Bevan Commissioner in Wales.<\/li>\n<li>Chairs the National Mental Capacity Forum (England and Wales) for Ministry of Justice since 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Became a life-Peer in 2001 in the House of Lords; a Deputy Speaker since 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Previously member of various House of Lords Select Committee inquiries in Science and Technology, Allergy, the Built Environment and the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill.<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chair of various All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG)<\/li>\n<li>Founder of think-tank Living and Dying Well 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Chair of Alcohol Harms Commission 2019-present report \u2018Its Everywhere\u2019 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    \n    <section class=\"container my-md-11xl my-2xl justify-content-start align-items-start\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div 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