Cat Eccles is the Labour MP for Stourbridge, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 334th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 26%. 19 contributions since 2024-07-19.
What they’ve raised
Cat Eccles has engaged on health and social care through 19 debate speeches, covering a diverse range of topics including NHS workforce, mental health, dementia care, end-of-life care, and public health issues. Her contributions have often drawn on personal experience and constituency casework, such as her campaign to save the Crystal dementia centre in Stourbridge and her advocacy for palliative care and assisted dying reform. Notable themes include her focus on vulnerable populations, the intersection of health with broader policy areas like social media and domestic abuse, and concerns about service closures and austerity's impact on health outcomes.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health226th of 86715.0
- Maternity & neonatal48th of 42715.0
- Palliative & end of life care117th of 55212.0
- Public health & prevention181st of 6839.0
- Dementia28th of 2459.0
- NHS waiting lists198th of 5306.0
- Heart disease & stroke69th of 3866.0
- Learning disability & autism463rd of 898
What they’ve said
“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…”
Extreme Heat: Preparedness · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…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 ·