“The hon. Member makes a really important point about staff retention. Obviously, management and the workforce are working on implementing not only reforms but the pay deal. Hopefully, that will play an important role in helping to tackle what he has just spoken about.”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists213th of 5436.0
- Mental health491st of 8906.0
- Maternity & neonatal251st of 4533.0
- Palliative & end of life care302nd of 5403.0
- Public health & prevention427th of 7003.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)49th of 1463.0
- Assisted dying202nd of 3923.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing124th of 3143.0
- Learning disability & autism656th of 9053.0
Also active on respiratory (asthma/copd)
What they’ve said
“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to remove Crown immunity as it applies to prisons for the purposes of health and safety legislation. Katie Allen lived in Clarkston in East Renfrewshire. She had a loving family and a very happy childhood. She was bright and did well at school.”
Crown Immunity (Prisons) · 2025-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We have a duty to ask whether the poorest and most vulnerable will be coerced into choosing assisted dying over palliative care because of economic disadvantage. Will they be exploited by those with a financial interest in their choosing to end their life? Will their death become a commodity? If we are really going to…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I congratulate the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley) on securing the debate. However, I do not thank her for giving me that familiar feeling of dread—I am discovering that we often get it in this place—when the speaker immediately before makes almost identical points to those I had inte…”
Modern Slavery Act 2015: 10th Anniversary · 2025-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend the Member for Stirling and Strathallan (Chris Kane) says, the enormous waiting lists. Researchers from Oxford University, Strathclyde University and Edinburgh University have predicted that by the time the SNP leaves office, almost a million Scots will be on waiting lists.”
Support for Women Pensioners · 2025-01-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They have been washing up on the shores of social work, of the police sometimes, and of childhood mental health services, and I know from visiting my jobcentre in Barrhead that they are now washing up on its shores as well.”
“Get Britain Working” White Paper · 2024-11-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
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Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily quoting them directly.
- Accrington woman died while waiting 47 weeks for mental health talking therapyLancashire Telegraph
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