Biography
Danny Kruger has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on mental health issues including eating disorders, learning disabilities and autism, and end-of-life care. He has been notably active in parliamentary debates on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, raising detailed concerns about service delivery, financial incentives for doctors, and the compatibility of assisted dying with NHS principles. His contributions also address disability benefits reform, GP access, and NHS workforce issues, often combining scrutiny of government policy with advocacy for improved service provision in vulnerable areas.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…I echo his call for the national register of deaths to reflect deaths from eating disorders. I pay tribute to the Cotswold House unit, run by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Marlborough in my constituency, which is a really important in-patient and out-patient unit working with adults.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying1st of 371432.0
- Palliative & end of life care1st of 568360.0
- Mental health27th of 88093.0
- Cancer38th of 62230.0
- Learning disability & autism187th of 89921.0
- Elderly care & frailty4th of 23618.0
- GP access19th of 24112.0
- Unpaid carers68th of 2839.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- Diabetes21st of 1909.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
What they’ve said
“…We have 1,000 new PIP claims a day—that has doubled since covid—and more than half the increase is in mental health cases. For UC health claims, it is more like three quarters.”
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill · 2025-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I take her point, and I was struck by the point she made in her speech about how many people with ADHD would benefit from being in the workplace. They could be in work, and they need to be supported for that.”
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill · 2025-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is particularly the case with mental health, but there are also increasing numbers of young people who come forward with claims and the assessments do not take account of their conditions. We need a more human system, which is why it is important to introduce more face-to-face assessments.”
Disabled People in Poverty · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Given that integrated care boards are supposed to commission palliative care, will the Secretary of State commit in the 10-year health plan to a proper revenue funding model for hospices, and for a minimum service specification for palliative care?…”
NHS: Wasteful Spending · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In fact, just this morning we heard powerful evidence from people talking about mental health. People who have a set of very complex, interconnected needs might not reach four points on any one measure, so could lose PIP under the Government’s proposal.”
Personal Independence Payment: Disabled People · 2025-05-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
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