Biography
Chris McDonald has engaged with health and social care issues primarily through debate speeches, covering a broad range of topics including rare diseases, mental health, dentistry access, dementia care, and support for unpaid carers. His contributions have often drawn on constituent casework and personal testimony, such as discussing young people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and a constituent's experience with dementia care. He has also raised specific access issues in his Stockton North constituency, including dental treatment shortages and prescription charge refunds for carers transitioning between benefits.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“I want to reassure the hon. Member that I am concerned about the issue in Northern Ireland. In fact, just this morning I had a discussion about this with Short Brothers—I know he is a strong advocate of that business in this House—and I am giving careful consideration to the impact on Northern Ireland.”
Record by topic
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- Dentistry access65th of 1946.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
What they’ve said
“…That is why Professor Peter Kelly, a former director of public health for Stockton North, when asked what would be the best way to improve the health of our residents, said it would be for “everyone who can to have a secure, well paid job that they like doing”.”
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill · 2025-07-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Benjamin, Jack and Eli all have Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It is a disease that affects only boys, and about 100 baby boys are born with it every year. Diagnosis is normally at the age of three or four, and at that moment the parents find out that their son has a life-limiting condition that cannot be treated, and th…”
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy · 2025-06-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Yes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. Time is muscle, as she says. Sadly, because the drug is currently only available, in the areas where it is available, to lads who are ambulant, the waiting time has meant that some lads out there who would have qualified for the drug now no longer do so.”
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy · 2025-06-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Pat returned to work after she had had her children, initially in nursing homes, caring for residents with dementia, then later at the University hospital of North Tees, where she worked for more than a decade. In the final months of Pat’s time at the hospital, her performance as a nurse began to decline.”
Dementia Care · 2025-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…What do you get if you put a group of men in a room and ask them to talk about mental health? Half of them leave, and the other half run into the corners of the room. I do not know whether that rings true for the men in your life, Madam Deputy Speaker, but when I heard that, it reminded me of myself.”
Mental Health Bill [Lords] · 2025-05-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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