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ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Get a doctor in here!
Ranks 632nd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 50%. 12 contributions since 2024-07-24.
“…in health know that it is the nurse who really is closest to the patient at times of suffering, difficulty and frailty. That shone through in her remarks today. We are privileged indeed that she is our archbishop. We all pay tribute to her for the topic of the day, following on from the Pope’s encyclical.”
Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and Society · 2026-06-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ry child is included in the nation’s highest aspirations” and in which no child should be held back by poverty, special educational needs or lack of respect for vocational education. Well, that is quite a challenge on the day that an 11-year high in youth unemployment has been announced.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I should also say that I am the mother of a gynaecologist and the grandmother of a medical student. Cancer is one of those issues that tells us quickly and clearly whether a health system can turn scientific excellence into public benefit.”
Cancer Outcomes in the UK · 2026-04-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…sickfluencers”: those on social media coaching people on how to make successful claims for disability benefits, mental health, neurodiversity and PIP. A quarter of the population is now classified as disabled, and there is three times the increase in those claiming disability benefits, as the Minister will know.”
Youth Unemployment · 2026-03-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I wonder whether the Minister could come back on the point I made to her last week about resident doctors taking industrial action and then signing on as locums at a premium rate in another health authority or hospital, whether in the NHS or otherwise. Resident doctors are doing the profession enormous harm.”
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action · 2025-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is incredibly difficult to change it, manage it and lead it. How can it be right for resident doctors to be taking industrial action for five days later in July? They have had an incredible increase compared with other members of the public sector, and the Government have said that they will help them on their work…”
NHS 10-Year Plan · 2025-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
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