Baroness Murphy
House of Lords
CrossbenchBaroness Murphy's full title is The Baroness Murphy. Her name is Elaine Murphy, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 376th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 29%. 26 contributions since 2024-10-10.
What they’ve raised
Baroness Murphy has engaged extensively on health and social care through 26 debate speeches, with particular focus on dementia diagnosis and treatment investment, mental health service quality and resource allocation, and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Drawing on her background as a clinician and Royal College of Psychiatrists fellow, she has advocated for early dementia diagnosis to enable trial access, challenged rising mental health diagnoses in children as overdiagnosis rather than unmet need, and consistently supported assisted dying legislation while emphasising its integration within palliative care services. Her contributions reflect substantive engagement with NHS clinical practice and legislative detail across multiple health topics.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health134th of 86724.0
- Learning disability & autism218th of 89818.0
- Assisted dying76th of 34710.0
- Palliative & end of life care190th of 5528.0
- Dementia51st of 2458.0
- Cancer320th of 6134.0
- Public health & prevention371st of 6834.0
- NHS waiting lists463rd of 5302.0
What they’ve said
“I am very grateful to the Minister for that update. Dementia is now the most prevalent mental disorder in the country and the leading cause of death in women. I think she will agree with me that, at the moment, only 30% of dementia cases ever get diagnosed.”
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…What we see now has been referred to as the cultural inflation of morbidity, including the rise in so-called autistic spectrum disorder in children with average or superior intellectual gifts, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—if noble Lords would like to test themselves on the myriad of online websites, they wi…”
Mental Health Conditions: Diagnoses · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…have implemented similar legislation to this one—and I am thinking of Oregon, the State of Washington and so on—assisted dying is a small part, a very tiny part, of a good palliative care service, and it is best delivered when people who have been caring for somebody through the course of their terminal illness are ena…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…with a very positive attitude who have good expectations? There are now numerous studies of people with breast cancer showing that the alternative, to totally deny it, also has a slightly better prognosis.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 ·