“The right hon. Member asked who will pay for the national living wage increase in the adult social care sector, but something he omitted—and it is quite telling—is the number of private equity companies that are extracting vast profit from adult social care. He did not mention them.”
Record by topic
- Mental health198th of 89018.0
- Adult social care & reform44th of 39712.0
- A&E & ambulance response36th of 2729.0
- Dentistry access42nd of 1979.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)49th of 1463.0
- NHS waiting lists334th of 5433.0
Also active on adult social care & reform
What they’ve said
“…Look at Norwich: a zero-hours care worker has no work-life balance to speak of; they have work-life whiplash. Mental health referrals in Norfolk are up 40% since 2020—we will not find that in an Office for National Statistics income chart.”
Living Standards: East of England · 2025-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…gramme that has sucked the marrow out of millions, leaving them drained and burned out and leading to a soaring mental health crisis. What does explain our dilemma is the fact that work itself has fundamentally changed.”
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill · 2025-07-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ing out in a few years’ time will be going into the private sector, not the NHS, unless we can sort out the NHS dental contract. Can he give us any kind of timeline for when we can expect to hear an announcement on that critical factor?…”
Topical Questions · 2025-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…After 14 years of austerity and cuts to adult social care and children’s services under the last Government, will the Secretary of State promise us that she will encourage the new local authorities to engage in co-development and co-production of those services, and that they will be taken in-house, so that we can end…”
English Devolution and Local Government · 2025-02-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“That is my personal view; I put that on the record. These companies have legal obligations first and foremost to their shareholders, which means short-term profit maximisation.”
Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords] · 2025-01-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
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