Biography
Cat Smith has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on rare diseases—most notably securing a dedicated Commons debate on postural tachycardia syndrome in October 2025, where she highlighted diagnostic delays and gaps in NHS support. She has also raised concerns about adult social care provision through a petition on Vale View Day Centre in Lancaster, and spoken on preventive health issues including the link between alcohol and cancer. While her recent contributions span multiple health topics, her engagement on these matters has been concentrated rather than sustained across numerous parliamentary questions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…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.”
Record by topic
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Long Covid16th of 553.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
What they’ve said
“…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 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered alcohol and cancer. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stuart. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for granting us the opportunity to debate alcohol and cancer.”
Alcohol and Cancer · 2025-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This debate is specifically about alcohol and cancer, but other costs beyond its scope include the impact on the criminal justice system, productivity in the workplace and violence, particularly against women and girls.”
Alcohol and Cancer · 2025-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
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