Biography
Ben Coleman has engaged extensively with health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on maternity services, sickle cell disease, and support for disabled children. He has repeatedly highlighted systemic issues including racial inequality in maternal health, the need for specialist services, and gaps in SEND provision, drawing on his work on the Health and Social Care Committee. Coleman has also advocated on palliative care for children, gambling harms as a public health issue, and health inequalities affecting deprived communities.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…t need to reflect on that when they are deciding whether to accept this amendment and whether they wish to give sickle cell sufferers the full support that they need, which they are not getting.…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism59th of 89945.0
- Public health & prevention43rd of 68827.0
- Maternity & neonatal24th of 43824.0
- Rare diseases12th of 20215.0
- Health inequalities19th of 28815.0
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- Palliative & end of life care158th of 5689.0
- A&E & ambulance response55th of 2586.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
What they’ve said
“…refore delighted that this plan will be developed in six months, through the taskforce, and that we will have a maternity commissioner. I know that my constituent Louise Thompson, who has been campaigning hard for this position to be created, will be delighted.”
National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…She is now running a powerful campaign for a maternity commissioner and improved maternal care. I hope she will meet my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh) soon. The Secretary of State promises a comprehensive action plan to be formed by a national maternity and neonatal taskforce.”
Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services · 2026-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…solutely horrible experience into a determination to make life better for women across this country and improve maternity services for everybody. I am very grateful for what she is doing—she is in Public Gallery today and I very much welcome her. As my hon.”
Maternity Commissioner · 2026-04-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Will the Secretary of State join me in welcoming the success of sickle cell bypass units in north-west London and across the country in reducing pressure on emergency departments, while improving care for sickle cell patients, who have historically been overlooked? Does my right hon.”
Topical Questions · 2026-04-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Indeed, the two boroughs in my constituency of Chelsea and Fulham will get a 10% increase in SEND funding for next year to support new, dedicated SEND spaces in every secondary school. That sort of thing is happening across the country, and it is absolutely right that it should.”
SEND Provision and Reform · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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