Dame Siobhain McDonagh

Record by topic

1. Cancer14th of 61366.0
2. Palliative & end of life care96th of 57318.0
3. Mental health286th of 86912.0
4. Rare diseases44th of 1986.0
5. Learning disability & autism548th of 9676.0
6. Maternity & neonatal227th of 4273.0
7. A&E & ambulance response100th of 2483.0
8. NHS waiting lists311th of 5303.0
9. Children's health56th of 1583.0
10. Dementia106th of 2453.0
11. Health inequalities130th of 2773.0
12. Hospital discharge / bed-blocking40th of 1323.0

What they’ve said

• “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.”

  NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “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 ·