Biography
Andy Burnham has engaged on health and social care through 16 debate speeches, with particular focus on mental health service provision, including community-based access and preventing costly out-of-area placements. He has also discussed perinatal mental health support, maternity service challenges, social care reform prioritising workforce development, support for unpaid carers, and parity between dementia and cancer care. Additional health topics raised include brain cancer research and the mental health impacts of personal debt.
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“…Gentleman says and I will set out more measures later. I looked into the issues with North Devon’s maternity unit, and the right hon. Gentleman will soon receive an update from me. He mentions Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton—a hospital I know.”
Record by topic
- Mental health140th of 88424.0
- Maternity & neonatal141st of 4416.0
- Cancer231st of 6276.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3773.0
- Unpaid carers161st of 2863.0
- NHS waiting lists324th of 5353.0
- Dementia109th of 2513.0
- Plastic & reconstructive surgery5th of 253.0
What they’ve said
“…We are investing more in perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships—more funding is going in—but I accept, as she is saying, that more needs to be done. I will look at her Bill.”
Engagements · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank the hon. Lady for that very direct and good question. She is right to point to wasted spending in the mental health system when people are sent hundreds of miles in search of a bed; those placements can be very costly indeed.”
Engagements · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We will take the Labour way: change education, support our young people, and provide more mental health support. That is the Labour way to get the welfare bill down, and I say to the right hon.”
Engagements · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I also say to the right hon. Gentleman with honesty that there are structural issues affecting maternity services across the UK. This is not the only hospital where there have been difficulties.”
Engagements · 2026-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“That last point is the point. We have to do better on mental health services, and the Health Secretary absolutely agrees. That is why we committed in the summer to community-based mental health provision: to make it easier for people to access that provision. I am aware of my hon.”
Engagements · 2026-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
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