Biography
Claire Young has engaged extensively on health and social care through 39 debate speeches, with particular focus on NHS dentistry access and children's SEND provision. She has repeatedly highlighted specific inequalities in her Thornbury and Yate constituency, including that fewer than half of local children and less than a third of adults have accessed NHS dental services in recent years, while advocating for policy reforms to end the prosecution of parents whose children with unmet SEND needs experience school absence. She has also contributed committee work on inclusive education for children with SEND.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“The Secretary of State mentioned persistent absence. Parents of children with unmet SEND needs continue to be unfairly prosecuted for their children’s absence. Before recess I met the Minister for School Standards, along with a number of charities, including Square Peg and Define Fine.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism29th of 89968.5
- Dentistry access7th of 19430.0
- Mental health188th of 88018.0
- Cancer126th of 62212.0
- Health inequalities28th of 28812.0
- GP access29th of 2419.0
- Maternity & neonatal101st of 4389.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
What they’ve said
“Fewer than half of the children in my constituency have seen an NHS dentist in the last two years, exacerbating health inequalities. The supervised toothbrushing programme is being evaluated for its effectiveness, but I hear uptake is low.”
Health of Children and Young People · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…st week, less than a third of the adults, and just under half of the children, in my patch have been seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years—both figures are well below the national average. Constituents write to me regularly to express their frustration at the lack of local NHS provision.”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“T5. Despite numbers accessing NHS dentists rising nationally, in South Gloucestershire they are falling, where less than a third of adults and half the number of children have been seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years.”
Topical Questions · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I certainly tried to take that approach when I voted on the assisted dying Bill, as, I believe, did Members on both sides of the House, regardless of the view that they took.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I have spoken a lot in this House about SEND issues, so now I will talk about health. My constituents are not waiting for structural reform to the NHS; they are waiting for a GP appointment, for an NHS dentist taking new patients and for elective procedures that would let them go back to work.”
Defence Readiness · 2026-05-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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