Biography
Bobby Dean has engaged extensively on health and social care through 20 debate speeches, addressing a diverse range of topics including NHS capital investment, maternity services, A&E pressures, and cancer research. He has frequently raised specific concerns about his constituency's St Helier hospital, including its aging infrastructure and the uncertainty surrounding the new hospitals programme, while also highlighting systemic issues such as corridor care becoming normalized and excessive emergency department waiting times. His contributions have also reflected personal experiences, including sharing his family's miscarriage journey to advocate for better support around baby loss and discussing his father's experience with NHS waiting lists.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…d when it comes to the condition of people’s housing, and sometimes we are able to get people’s position on the waiting list successfully reviewed, but a lot of the time, the fundamental issue is supply.”
Record by topic
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Maternity & neonatal68th of 43812.0
- Unpaid carers48th of 28312.0
- A&E & ambulance response34th of 2589.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking19th of 1396.0
- Children's health28th of 1576.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
What they’ve said
“…Just last week, we heard that St Helier, the hospital in my constituency, was considering closing its maternity unit altogether due to potentially unsafe pipework.”
National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We received information about maternity services in Nottingham yesterday, but we still await the final report on the national maternity and neonatal investigation, led by Baroness Amos.”
Business of the House · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The UK Health Security Agency has a huge job on its hands to get good public health information out there and to work with the NHS on a targeted vaccination programme. It is a reminder of how much faith and trust we put in health professionals in these moments of crisis. They are all dedicated to keeping us safe.”
Business of the House · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Like me, he will have received emails about corridor care for some time. I had hoped that corridor care was a peak crisis moment and that it would subside, but it has become the norm and that is extremely worrying.”
NHS Capital Spending · 2026-03-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I do agree with my hon. Friend. I will come on to the new hospitals programme, as my constituency stands to benefit from it, too—if it comes soon enough. In the meantime, as she says, we are paying twice to pay for the repairs and patchwork, and never keeping up with the investment we need.”
NHS Capital Spending · 2026-03-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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