Biography
Cat Eccles has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on mental health, dementia services, and end-of-life care. Her contributions reflect both constituency-specific concerns—including campaigns to protect dementia services in Stourbridge—and broader policy debates, notably her support for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, drawing on her NHS healthcare background. She has also highlighted health dimensions of other policy areas, including mental health impacts of social media, temperature regulation effects of psychiatric medications during heatwaves, and health inequalities linked to benefits reform and domestic abuse.
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“On the hon. Member’s point about mental health, does he recognise that a number of treatments for depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, can affect the body’s ability to regulate temperature? It is all…”
Record by topic
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Maternity & neonatal50th of 43815.0
- Palliative & end of life care125th of 56812.0
- Public health & prevention183rd of 6889.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…Remember that not every school can simply open the windows, particularly not schools for children with special educational needs and difficulties, where it could be contrary to risk assessments.”
Extreme Heat: Preparedness · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Many babies lost their life due to poor maternity care, and the locations of their burials are not known. Could the Prime Minister consider a way to memorialise the lives lost and give back some dignity? Does he also recognise that even modern adoption practices are inadequate, leaving adoptees and their families ill-e…”
Historical Forced Adoption · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…He became increasingly absorbed in his phone and social media, and told his friends that it was affecting his mental health—not because of dangerous content, but through the drip, drip, drip of comparison culture, which left him feeling inadequate, anxious and numb.”
Social Media Ban for Under-16s · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Last year I campaigned with the community and local councillors to save the Crystal dementia centre in Stourbridge. The centre provides community support for dementia patients and their carers, employs dementia advisers and assessors, and offers day services to many local people.”
Care in the Community · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…cluding me, it was disappointing to see the headlines leading with biscuits and chocolate, given that we have a public health crisis with obesity and diabetes. Could the Chancellor assure the House that the Government remain committed to the healthy food standard, which encourages supermarkets to promote healthy choice…”
Middle East: Economic Response · 2026-05-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
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