Cat Smith
Lancaster and Wyre
LabourOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Get a doctor in here!
Ranks 533rd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 42%. 11 contributions since 2024-11-27.
Record by topic
- Cancer176th of 6139.0
- Learning disability & autism445th of 9679.0
- Mental health470th of 8696.0
- Public health & prevention299th of 7346.0
- Health inequalities72nd of 2776.0
- Long Covid16th of 553.0
- Rare diseases79th of 1983.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 3623.0
- NHS waiting lists311th of 5303.0
What they’ve said
“…Over Wyre Medical Centre on the proportion of residents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, who could be adversely affected. The proposed quarry site is within a kilometre of a primary school, and there is another school just 2 km away.”
Quarries: Planning Policy · 2025-12-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…House of Commons urge the Government to make representations to Lancashire County Council to protect users of adult social care in Lancashire, and encourage the Council not to close Vale View Day Centre.”…”
Vale View Day Centre, Lancaster · 2025-11-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is not a rare disease, yet for too long people living with PoTS have fallen through the cracks of a system that was never designed to recognise or support them. My notes are based on the heartbreaking reality faced by my constituents and the tens of thousands of people across the UK who have PoTS.”
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome · 2025-10-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…g to drop out of education, losing employment and withdrawing from social settings, which also has an impact on mental health, as hon. Friends have mentioned. I do not believe that that is because doctors do not care; I think it is because awareness of PoTS remains astonishingly low within the medical profession.”
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome · 2025-10-14 ·