Biography
Chris Curtis has engaged on health and social care matters primarily through 11 debate speeches, with a particular focus on NHS pressures and waiting times. He has repeatedly referenced personal experiences with A&E delays at Milton Keynes hospital, including his grandmother's nine-and-a-half-hour wait with suspected heart attack symptoms, to illustrate broader systemic failures attributed to prior Conservative administrations. His contributions span mental health, cancer, heart disease, learning disability, palliative care, and workforce staffing, though the majority emphasise NHS waiting lists and A&E response times.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…I am using to train for this year’s London marathon —the Minister is welcome to sponsor me, to support my local hospice. Woodlands are not just abstract environmental assets but part of the rhythm of community life.”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists101st of 53412.0
- Palliative & end of life care158th of 5689.0
- Heart disease & stroke41st of 3989.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8993.0
What they’ve said
“…I lost my grandmother just before Labour party conference last year, and the hospice that looked after her in the last weeks of her life looked out over that very same lake.”
New Towns · 2026-01-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…about stretched resources, and, again, it is important for us to go as far and as fast as possible in reforming special educational needs and social care services to ensure that they are fit for the future.”
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 2025-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We have seen that work across the country, with waiting lists falling for six months in a row. In my city, this Government have finally secured funding for the new women and children’s hospital that residents in Milton Keynes—a growing city—so desperately need, and construction is set to start in 2027-28.”
Hospitals · 2025-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It was about my 91-year-old grandmother, and the night that we had to rush her to hospital with a suspected heart attack, only to be told on arrival that the average waiting time was nine and a half hours.”
Hospitals · 2025-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Health Secretary talk about how his interactions with the NHS during his cancer diagnosis drive him to fix our health service. What is important to my life—I believe this is true of most young people’s lives—is having a decent home surrounded by a decent community.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-03-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
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