Biography
Ashley Dalton has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on cancer care—including secondary breast cancer and the national cancer plan—alongside concerns about vulnerable populations in end-of-life care discussions. Her contributions reflect both constituency advocacy, notably on A&E services in West Lancashire, and broader policy engagement across mental health, SEND provision, and public health prevention initiatives. Dalton's interventions on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill drew on her own experience of a stage 4 metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, emphasizing protections for vulnerable groups and clinical workability concerns.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Bill is passed by the Commons and pushed through via the Parliament Acts, it has to happen on the stroke of four years after being passed. Even if the Government or the NHS are not ready, even if there is no funding, even if palliative care is still broken, and even if it is known to be dangerous, flawed or unworkable,…”
Record by topic
- Cancer2nd of 622225.0
- NHS waiting lists12th of 53463.0
- Public health & prevention14th of 68863.0
- Mental health68th of 88048.0
- Learning disability & autism67th of 89942.0
- Heart disease & stroke5th of 39833.0
- Palliative & end of life care45th of 56830.0
- Health inequalities9th of 28830.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)4th of 14224.0
- Long Covid1st of 5524.0
- Maternity & neonatal29th of 43821.0
- Diabetes12th of 19021.0
- A&E & ambulance response18th of 25818.0
- Rare diseases6th of 20218.0
- Adult social care & reform26th of 37618.0
- Dementia18th of 25112.0
- Children's health12th of 15712.0
- GP access19th of 24112.0
- Unpaid carers68th of 2839.0
- Elderly care & frailty30th of 2366.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking19th of 1396.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Care home closures & provider failure13th of 473.0
What they’ve said
“…I was told that I have stage 4 incurable metastatic breast cancer. I was overwhelmed with grief, fear and anxiety; I was scared of what was to come, and fearful of how it would impact my family and my loved ones.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I first acknowledge the campaigners from Make 2nds Count, METUP UK and Breast Cancer Now and the fellow MBC patients who are joining us in the Public Gallery. If you will indulge me, Mr Betts, I would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to my team at the Clatterbridge in Liverpool for the support t…”
Secondary Breast Cancer · 2026-06-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I have stage 4, incurable breast cancer myself, so this is not an abstract debate for me either. Like all of us, I am going to die. However, my diagnosis means that I know what is most likely to kill me, and without the intervention of medical science, it would be killing me a damn sight sooner than it currently is.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Children in West Lancashire have previously felt let down by the SEND system. People lost faith in the very system that is meant to support the children in our communities who need it the most. That is the inheritance that this Government took from the last Government.”
SEND Provision and Reform · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It has been said previously that there were not as many people with SEND before; the reality is that we do not know that, because for many years, SEND simply went unnoticed. People were not diagnosed, and were simply written off as naughty or backward.”
SEND Provision and Reform · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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