Biography
Dame Chi Onwurah has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, addressing health inequalities and research funding disparities affecting the north-east, adult social care funding pressures on local councils, and innovations in cancer diagnostics and treatment. She made substantial contributions to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill debate, expressing concerns about safeguards for vulnerable populations and drawing on personal experience regarding end-of-life care. Her engagement reflects particular focus on regional health disparities and the needs of disadvantaged groups within health and care systems.
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“…He is absolutely right to trace the link between research funding and key issues such as health inequalities, from which we also suffer in the north-east of England.”
Record by topic
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
What they’ve said
“…t could cover the impact of social media and other screentime on brain development, behaviour, and physical and mental health, whether positive or negative. It could also cover the physiological impact on eye development, the impact on socialisation and what actions Governments should take.”
Online Harm: Child Protection · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Newcastle city council faces a 34% rise in adult social care costs, compared with only a 15% rise in core spending power. That is taking more and more money away from the many services that my constituents depend upon.”
Topical Questions · 2026-01-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…y), which will accelerate the development of novel RNA—ribonucleic acid—therapies from labs to market to tackle cancer, heart conditions and infectious diseases. I am also excited by the Budget measures to support innovative businesses to grow and investors to invest beyond the start-up phase.”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-11-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, for securing this debate in Armed Forces Week and for the fantastic speech that he is making. Proportionally, the north-east sends more of our young people into the armed forces than any other region in the country.”
Armed Forces Recruitment: North-east England · 2025-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I will now take five minutes to say four things. First, I was brought up on the right to die. My mother, who was disabled, often in great pain and a cancer survivor, was a member of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society and Exit, as Dignity in Dying was previously called.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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