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“A number of constituents who work as nurses in the A&E department at St Helier hospital asked me to come to see for myself what they were dealing with. They asked me to come late on a Monday morning, rather than a Saturday or Sunday night as I had anticipated. What I saw was deeply troubling.”

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  1. Cancer15th of 64166.0
  2. Mental health303rd of 89012.0
  3. Palliative & end of life care112th of 54012.0
  4. Rare diseases47th of 2076.0
  5. Assisted dying124th of 3926.0
  6. Learning disability & autism656th of 9053.0
  7. Maternity & neonatal251st of 4533.0
  8. NHS waiting lists334th of 5433.0
  9. A&E & ambulance response118th of 2723.0
  10. Women's health & gynaecology100th of 2123.0
  11. Children's health58th of 1653.0
  12. Dementia112th of 2633.0
  13. Health inequalities141st of 2993.0
  14. Hospital discharge / bed-blocking45th of 1453.0

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What they’ve said

  • “St Helier hospital has the fourth best maternity unit in the country, the only exclusively NHS-run assisted conception unit in south-west London, and a specialist gynaecology ward where nurses are highly trained in counselling. Yet all that is set to close next May because of the need for emergency repairs.”

    Business of the House · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “I thank the Petitions Committee and my friends from Brain Cancer Justice, who I affectionately think of as the provisional wing of the all-party parliamentary group on brain tumours. In July last year, we launched Margaret’s trial at University College London hospital.”

    Brain Cancer · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…In few areas are the consequences of that slowness felt more acutely than in rare and aggressive cancers. Since losing my wonderful sister Margaret to glioblastoma —the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40—I have worked closely with clinicians and researchers searching for a cure.”

    Backing Business to Create Economic Growth · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “At 2 pm today, many Members of this House will be attending the funeral of our dear friend Phil Woolas, the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010, who passed away from a glioblastoma brain tumour on 14 March.”

    Topical Questions · 2026-04-14 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “I have met Moderna, a leading company in developing cancer vaccines. I asked if it would give University College London a cancer vaccine for free for a trial on glioblastoma brain tumours, but it refused. Its excuse was that it could not make enough of the drug for 16 people.”

    Brain Tumour Survival Rates · 2026-02-09 · Read on Hansard ↗

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