Biography
Anna Dixon has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, demonstrating particular focus on mental health (especially youth services and ADHD/autism waiting lists), end-of-life care, and health inequalities. Her contributions reflect both constituency casework—highlighting long NHS waiting lists and service caps in West Yorkshire—and broader policy concerns around NHS integration, unpaid carers' support, and public health emergencies including respiratory illness and climate change. She chairs the all-party parliamentary group on hospice and end-of-life care and has tabled amendments to legislation, notably on NHS-local authority integration requirements.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“I chair the all-party parliamentary group on hospice and end-of-life care, and I wonder whether my hon. Friend shares my concern. Given that an estimated 170,000 people die in this country each year without access to palliative and end-of-life care, there can be no choice until hospice and end-of-life care are properly…”
Record by topic
- Mental health30th of 88090.0
- Learning disability & autism33rd of 89963.0
- Unpaid carers8th of 28354.0
- Public health & prevention21st of 68839.0
- Adult social care & reform9th of 37639.0
- Assisted dying43rd of 37121.0
- NHS waiting lists37th of 53421.0
- Cancer98th of 62215.0
- Palliative & end of life care105th of 56815.0
- Health inequalities28th of 28812.0
- GP access19th of 24112.0
- Dementia18th of 25112.0
- Maternity & neonatal68th of 43812.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Elderly care & frailty30th of 2366.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Long Covid16th of 553.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…Any reform of the NHS will ultimately fail unless we simultaneously reform adult social care. That is why I welcome the priority given to this issue by the Prime Minister and the commitment he made to bring forward the conclusion of the Casey commission.”
Health Bill · 2026-09-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Does he agree that climate change is not only an emergency, but a public health emergency? That is clear not only from the heat deaths in the UK, but the global impact on public health of water scarcity and the spread of malaria to new regions.”
Global Biodiversity and Ecosystems: National Security · 2026-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Time and again, we hear about devastating failings in the NHS. He alludes to maternity services, but we could add to the list infected blood and pelvic mesh. Does he agree that professionals and those working inside the NHS must be able to speak freely when things go wrong in order to learn lessons, and that that is on…”
Patient Safety Review · 2026-07-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Aire Valley corridor, having been disproportionately exposed to nitrogen dioxide levels linked to asthma, stunted lung development and reduced life expectancy. It was in 2022 that the Conservative Government required places such as Bradford to introduce a clean air zone. It seems that the hon.”
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered youth mental health support. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. There is no doubt that we have a mental health crisis among our children and young people. The statistics are shocking.”
Youth Mental Health Support · 2026-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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