Biography
David Simmonds has engaged extensively on health and social care issues through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on cancer services and hospital provision in his constituency, notably raising concerns about the closure of Mount Vernon hospital's urgent care centre and cancer centre in multiple parliamentary interventions. His contributions also reflect broader engagement with public health infrastructure, adult social care, mental health, and NHS waiting lists, though the provided extracts show his recent parliamentary activity has been dominated by local government reorganisation and finance debates rather than health-specific topics.
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“The Mount Vernon hospital in my constituency has a cancer centre, both for trials and for treatment. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the key asks that we all have of Government is to improve the international join-up so that the people doing this research can tap into the expertise of the clinicians treating…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism26th of 89969.0
- Public health & prevention43rd of 68827.0
- Mental health188th of 88018.0
- Adult social care & reform32nd of 37615.0
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- Heart disease & stroke41st of 3989.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…ocal government delivering on average 800 different services to local residents could be the answer, whether in public health, education, h……”
Local Government Reform · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…d the closure of the urgent care centre at Mount Vernon hospital, and this year they are facing the loss of the cancer centre as well, leaving my most vulnerable constituents with long and difficult journeys to access lifesaving and life-sustaining treatment.”
Engagements · 2026-04-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…stently to this process have meant that things like the renewal of contracts to provide children’s social care, adult social care, highways and pothole maintenance—all kinds of different local authority services—have been put in question, because the new authorities do not know when they will come into those responsibi…”
Draft Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026 · 2026-03-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I do not entirely share that view. I have seen the challenges that the French police face, with something like 1,000 members of their constabulary covering 10,000 km of coastline.”
Immigration Reforms · 2026-03-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The observations that other Members have made about the impact of special educational needs and disabilities demonstrate that complexity, where an issue that sits outside the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is one of the single biggest factors in the viability of local authorities.”
Local Government Reorganisation: South-east · 2026-03-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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