Biography
Dame Diana Johnson has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on early intervention and support systems spanning maternity care, mental health services, social care reform, and vaccination programmes. Her contributions have emphasised compassionate, accessible support for vulnerable groups—from families in the first 1,001 days of a child's life to people accessing mental health and social care services—and she has highlighted systemic challenges including pharmacy funding pressures and vaccination uptake in deprived communities. Beyond health portfolios, she has also spoken on youth employment support and disability access to work schemes.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…That means complementing the core offer from general practice with accessible vaccination services in settings including maternity and sexual health services, schools, health visiting teams and, crucially, community pharmacy.”
Record by topic
- Mental health62nd of 88051.0
- Public health & prevention18th of 68842.0
- Learning disability & autism67th of 89942.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Medical ethics & regulation2nd of 133.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…I will set out the current legal position on parental orders. Under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the person who gives birth to the child—in this case, the surrogate—is the legal mother when the child is born and has parental responsibility until the courts put in place a parental order.”
Surrogacy Law and Legal Parenthood · 2026-09-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…t long and hard for the rights of babies and children, be that by promoting school food or free school meals or special educational needs, or in this case through all the work she has done to ensure Government support for the Bill.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Laura Kyrke-Smith) to Hallie on her first birthday. We heard about health inequalities. My hon. Friend the Member for Altrincham and Sale West (Mr Rand) talked about how investing in babies will provide the fairer, stronger and more prosperous country that we all want to see. My hon.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We can arrange for that to happen. This debate is important because when we talk about social care and mental health services, it can be easy to talk in terms of systems, services, assessments and waiting lists, but behind every one of those words is a real person—someone who may be struggling to get through the day wi…”
Social Care and Mental Health Services: Hornsey and Friern Barnet · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Some families face the additional pressure of poverty, insecure housing, poor mental health or limited support networks. Early help cannot remove every challenge, but it can prevent difficulties from escalating and reduce inequalities before they become entrenched.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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