Alison Bennett

Mid Sussex

Liberal Democrat

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Alive and kicking!

Ranks 32nd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 2%. 99 contributions since 2024-07-26.

Record by topic

“…Allin-Khan) for setting out so brilliantly, with her professional expertise and human touch, what it means for corridor care to be a normal habit across the NHS in all parts of the country—not just in the winter, with winter pressures, but throughout the year.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…My constituent, Catherine Jeater, has seen corridor care as a patient and as a relative of a patient. She watched her father being treated for appendicitis in an emergency department that was so overcrowded that patients were double-parked on trolleys, changing into hospital gowns in full view of strangers.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Let me therefore end with a plea that we never describe corridor care as the “new normal”, because there is nothing normal about receiving intravenous antibiotics during chemo in a corridor. There is nothing normal about waiting 19 hours on a trolley.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Like so many families across the country, mine has its own history of heart disease, either with tragic, early death or, for my father, a triple heart bypass in 2012. He celebrated his 80th birthday this year.”
Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗